Hittite Diplomatic Texts, Second edition

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This work presents full translations of more than 50 documents from the files of the “foreign workplace” 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, in addition to with other great powers such as Egypt, Assyria, and Babylonia. At first composed in Hittite or in the Akkadian lingua franca of the day, many of these texts have never before gave the impression in English. A short introduction places each and every document in its historical and cultural context, and a general essay acquaints the reader with the diplomatic practice of the Late Bronze Age. This selection of documents shall be an incredible source book for historians of the Ancient Near East and for students of cuneiform and Biblical law. It’s going to also prove useful for those investigating the relationship between Biblical covenant theology and its conceivable antecedents in older Near Eastern treaty patterns.

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