Hittite Diplomatic Texts (Writings from the Ancient World, Vol 7)

This work presents full translations of more than 50 documents from the files of the "foreign office" of the Hittite Empire: 21 treaties, 18 diplomatic letters, and 18 royal edicts and miscellaneous records concerning the relations of the Hittites with their Anatolian and Syrian vassals, as well as with other great powers such as Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia. Originally composed in Hittite or in the Akkadian lingua franca of the day, many of these texts have never before appeared in English. A short introduction places each document in its historical and cultural context, and a general essay acquaints the reader with the diplomatic practice of the Late Bronze Age. This collection of documents is a major source book for historians of the Ancient Near East and for students of cuneiform and Biblical law. It will also prove useful for those investigating the relationship between Biblical covenant theology and its possible antecedents in older Near Eastern treaty patterns.

Hittite Diplomatic Texts (Writings from the Ancient World)

Beckman, Gary M.

Hoffner, Harry A.

Legal History

UNKNO

Literature & Fiction

Beckman, Garry

History & Criticism

This work contains the first English translations of a collection of Hittite myths. The translations are based on the original tablets on which the myths were written, and take into account recent textual discoveries and published studies on the texts. Revised and augmented, this second edition includes additional introductions to each myth and a newly published Hurrian myth, "The Song of Release," dealing with legal and social institutions in ancient Babylonia and Israel. Accessible to nonspecialists, the translations also preserve column and line count for the convenience of scholars.

Hittite Myths, Second Edition

Religion & Spirituality

Religious Studies

Society of Biblical Literature

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume L-N, fascicle 1 (la- to ma-) edited by Hans G. Guterbock, Harry A. Hoffner, Jr., Theo P.J. van den Hout xxxii + 96p, (Oriental Institute, 1980)

Hittite Dictionary, -ma to miyahurwant-, Vol. 3, Fascicle 2

History

Guterbock, H. G.

van den Hout, T. P. J.

Middle East

Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume L-N, fascicle 2 (-ma to miyahuwant-) edited by Hans G. Guterbock, Harry A. Hoffner, Jr., Theo P.J. van den Hout 128p, (Oriental Institute, 1983)

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume L-N, fascicle 2 (-ma to miyahuwant-) (N.2)

The Hittite language is the earliest preserved member of the Indo-European family of languages. It was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor over a five hundred year span (ca. 1650-1180 B.C.) which witnessed the rise, the floruit, and the decline of many political powers in the Near East. It is studied today for a wide variety of reasons. Historical linguists seek information in Hittite texts to elucidate the relationships between the various member languages of the Indo-European family, as well as the probable structure of their common parent, Proto-Indo-European. Historians find in Hittite annals, treaties, royal edicts, and political correspondence information of great value in reconstructing the sequence of events on the international scene of mid-second-millennium Western Asia. Anthropologists, mythographers, and students of comparative religion mine the riches of Hittite religious texts: myth, magic rituals to cure ailments, festivals to worship the gods of the empire. Students of the history of law discover ancient precedents for legal procedures which have survived to this day. All of these interested researchers share a dependence upon the written texts. None can penetrate further than our limited understanding of this language allows. [From the Preface, CHD L N, p. ix].

Hittite Dictionary: M-N Fascicle 3 (Vol 3, Fascicle 3) (N.3)

Ancient Civilizations

The Hittite language is the earliest preserved member of the Indo-European family of languages. It was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor over a five hundred year span (ca. 1650-1180 B.C.) which witnessed the rise, the floruit, and the decline of many political powers in the Near East. The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago (CHD) is a comprehensive, bilingual Hittite-English dictionary. The CHD is not just a list of words and their meanings, but rather a dictionary that reflects and illustrates the ideas and material world of Hittite society through its lexicon. Published letter by letter, the CHD is a long-term project and the result of a painstaking process of cultural, historical, and lexical investigation for all those interested in Hittite culture and history. The CHD is the only such project in the English speaking world.

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume L-N, fascicle 4 (N.4)

The Hittite language is the earliest preserved member of the Indo-European family of languages. It was written on clay tablets in central Asia Minor over a five hundred year span (c. 1650-1180 b.c.) which witnessed the rise, the floruit, and the decline of many political powers in the Near East. It is studied today for a wide variety of reasons. Historical linguists seek information in Hittite texts to elucidate the relationships between the various member languages of the Indo-European family, as well as the probable structure of their common parent, Proto-Indo-European. Historians find in Hittite annals, treaties, royal edicts, and political correspondence information of great value in reconstructing the sequence of events on the international scene of mid-second-millennium Western Asia. Anthropologists, mythographers, and students of comparative religion mine the riches of Hittite religious texts: myth, magic rituals to cure ailments, festivals to worship the gods of the empire. Students of the history of law discover ancient precedents for legal procedures which have survived to this day. All of these interested researchers share a dependence upon the written texts. None can penetrate further than our limited understanding of this language allows.

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume P, fascicle 1 (pa- to para)

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume P, fascicle 2 (para- to pattar) edited by Hans G. Guterbock, Harry A. Hoffner, Jr., Theo P.J. van den Hout 128p, (Oriental Institute, 1995)

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume P, fascicle 2 (para- to pattar)

Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago Volume P, fascicle 3 (pattar to putkiya-)

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