Given the question: What key details about simo parpola  can be extracted from the following bio?  Bio: simo parpola -lrb- born 4 july 1943 -rrb- is a finnish archaeologist , currently professor of assyriology at the university of helsinki . he specialized in epigraphy of the akkadian language , and has been working on the neo-assyrian text corpus project since 1987 . he is also honorary member of the american oriental society . simo parpola has suggested that the oldest versions of the sephirot extend from assyrian theology and mysticism . noting the general similarity between the sephirot of the kabbalah and the tree of life of assyrian mysticism , he reconstructed what an assyrian antecedent to the sephirot would look like . matching the characteristics of ein sof on the nodes of the sephirot to the gods of assyria , he found textual parallels between these assyrian gods and the characteristics of the jewish god . the assyrians assigned specific numbers to their gods , similar to the way the kabbalah assigns numbers to the nodes of the sephirot . however , the assyrians used a sexagesimal number system , whereas the sephirot use a decimal system . using the assyrian numbers , additional layers of meaning and mystical relevance appear in the sephirot . normally , floating above the assyrian tree of life was the god assur -- this corresponds to ein sof , which is also , via a series of transformations , supposedly derived from the akkadian word assur . parpola re-interpreted various assyrian tablets in the terms of these primitive sephirot , such as the `` epic of gilgamesh '' , and concluded that the scribes had been writing philosophical-mystical tracts rather than mere adventure stories . traces of this assyrian mode of thought and philosophy eventually reappeared in greek philosophy and the kabbalah . parpola is also the chairman of `` the finland assyria association -lrb- suomi-assyria yhdistys -rrb- '' .
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