Title: The Laws of the Hittites: A Critical Edition
Author: Harry A. Hoffner Jr.
Edition: First edition
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill (Leiden)
ISBN: 9789004108745 (ISBN-10: 9004108742)
Language: English (with Hittite, Sumerian and Akkadian terms)
Pages: xx + 362 pages, plus leaves of plates
Dimensions: 30 cm (height)
Publication Date: 1997
Series: Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui, Vol. 23
Genre: Ancient Near Eastern Law, Hittitology, Ancient History, Philology
Condition: Very Good
Description:
The Laws of the Hittites: A Critical Edition is Harry A. Hoffner Jr.’s landmark scholarly edition of the legal code of the Bronze Age Hittite kingdom of Anatolia. It was the first critical edition of the Hittite laws since 1959, based on a fresh collation of the original tablets, with the manuscripts presented in “score” format to distinguish Old Hittite from later copies. A detailed commentary examines the linguistic, legal and cultural aspects of the laws against the wider Hittite textual record, the archaeological evidence and other ancient Near Eastern law collections. The volume also includes a concordance of manuscripts, an analysis of the criteria used for dating them, a glossary, several indexes and photographic plates of the Old Hittite copies. It remains an essential reference for Hittitologists, Assyriologists and students of ancient law and biblical studies.
Title: The Laws of the Hittites: A Critical Edition
Author: Harry A. Hoffner Jr.
Edition: First edition
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Brill (Leiden)
ISBN: 9789004108745 (ISBN-10: 9004108742)
Language: English (with Hittite, Sumerian and Akkadian terms)
Pages: xx + 362 pages, plus leaves of plates
Dimensions: 30 cm (height)
Publication Date: 1997
Series: Documenta et Monumenta Orientis Antiqui, Vol. 23
Genre: Ancient Near Eastern Law, Hittitology, Ancient History, Philology
Condition: Very Good
Description:
The Laws of the Hittites: A Critical Edition is Harry A. Hoffner Jr.’s landmark scholarly edition of the legal code of the Bronze Age Hittite kingdom of Anatolia. It was the first critical edition of the Hittite laws since 1959, based on a fresh collation of the original tablets, with the manuscripts presented in “score” format to distinguish Old Hittite from later copies. A detailed commentary examines the linguistic, legal and cultural aspects of the laws against the wider Hittite textual record, the archaeological evidence and other ancient Near Eastern law collections. The volume also includes a concordance of manuscripts, an analysis of the criteria used for dating them, a glossary, several indexes and photographic plates of the Old Hittite copies. It remains an essential reference for Hittitologists, Assyriologists and students of ancient law and biblical studies.
