The exegetical terminology of Akkadian commentaries /

The exegetical terminology of Akkadian commentaries /

In The Exegetical Terminology of Akkadian Commentaries Uri Gabbay offers the first detailed study of the well-developed set of technical terms found in ancient Mesopotamian commentaries. Understanding the hermeneutical function of these terms is essential for reconstructing the ancient Mesopotamian...

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Main Author: Gabbay, Uri, 1975-

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 82.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.

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Assyro-Babylonian literature > Criticism, Textual > Terminology.

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Call Number: PJ3611

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction
  • 1 The Reality Behind Commentaries: Terms for Study, Discourse, Sources, and Compilation
  • 2 "What?": Interpretation Through Definition (Equation and Description)
  • 3 "How, Why?": Terms for Contextual Explanations
  • 4 Terms for the Nature of the Text and Hermeneutic Awareness
  • 5 The Verb qabû, "to say," in Akkadian Commentaries
  • Conclusion
  • Appendix 1: Terms for Interpretation Found in Divinatory Sources
  • Appendix 2: Comparisons with Early Hebrew Exegetical Terminology
  • Bibliography
  • Glossary of Exegetical Terms and Related Words
  • Index of Subjects
  • Index of Sumerian and Akkadian Sources.