The exegetical terminology of Akkadian commentaries / / by Uri Gabbay.
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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| Superior document: | Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume 82 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden, Netherlands ;, Boston, [Massachusetts] : : Brill,, 2016. ©2016 |
| Year of Publication: | 2016 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Culture and history of the ancient Near East ;
Volume 82. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (372 pages). |
| Notes: | Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph |
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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.