This volume assembles scholars of the ancient Near East working on cuneiform texts from different periods, genres, and areas to examine the range of social, cultural, and historical contexts in which specific types of texts circulated. Using different methodologies and sources of evidence, these articles reconstruct the contexts in which various cuneiform texts circulated, providing a critical framework to determine how they functioned.
Pages
275
Format
Hardcover
Publisher
Walter de Gruyter
Release
October 31, 2014
ISBN
1614517177
ISBN 13
9781614517177
Texts and Contexts: Approaches to Textual Transmission in the Ancient Near East
This volume assembles scholars of the ancient Near East working on cuneiform texts from different periods, genres, and areas to examine the range of social, cultural, and historical contexts in which specific types of texts circulated. Using different methodologies and sources of evidence, these articles reconstruct the contexts in which various cuneiform texts circulated, providing a critical framework to determine how they functioned.