Itamar Singer

Hittite festival texts, the largest among the groups of documents in the libraries of Hattusa, are extremely lengthy compositions. Previous studies have either given general overviews of whole festivals, or have chosen individual tablets for in-depth philological investigations. This is the first comprehensive study of a large festival text, revealing its basic threepart structure: a detailed scenario of the festivities, the liturgy recited, and the logistic directives. The "Gatehouse (KI.LAM) Festival" lasted for three days and included pompous processions to public buildings in the capital (temples, palaces, magazines) and its vicinity. It culminated in a great assembly held at a sacred locale outside the city, with celebrations dedicated to all the gods, with feasts and sports events. The commentary (Part I, ISBN 978-3-447-02243-9) focuses on matters pertaining to the ancient topography of Hattusa (and nearby Yazilikaya), the cultic insignia carried along in the ceremonial procession, and the rations allotted to the participants (food, festive garments and ornaments). The restored text included in this volume comprises about one hundred fragments belonging to different redactions of the text; they were written in the Old, Middle and Late Hittite scripts.

The Hittite KI.LAM Festival

Ithamar Gruenwald

Ilai Alon

This text examines the philosophical concept of "other" in the Near Eastern religions. It contains essays that are divided into three sections: the Ancient Near East; Judaism and Christianity; and Islam and India.

Concepts of the Other in Near Eastern Religions

Jared L. Miller

Yoram Cohen

Amir Gilan

Mit Pax Hethitica erscheint die Festschrift fur Itamar Singer, langjahriger Professor an der Universitat Tel Aviv und fuhrender Hethitologe und Historiker des Alten Orients. Die Festschrift enthalt 34 Beitrage von seinen Kollegen aus der Altanatolistik und Altorientalistik vor allem zu hethitologischen, aber auch zu assyriologischen, syrischen, indogermanischen und agaischen Themen. Die vielfaltigen Beitrage entsprechen den umfassenden Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars, die weit uber die Grenzen Anatoliens und der Hethitologie hinausreichen. Mit Beitragen von: A. Altman, A. Archi, T. Bryce, B.J. Collins, L. d'Alfonso, S. de Martino, A. Dincol, B. Dincol, Y. Feder, M. Forlanini, M. Giorgieri, S. Gordin, J.D. Hawkins, V. Haas, S. Heinhold-Krahmer, H.A. Hoffner, Jr., C. Karasu, H.C. Melchert, C. Mora, N. Oettinger, I. Peled, F. Pecchioli Daddi, M. Poetto, M. Popko, A.F. Rainey, E. Rieken, D. Schwemer, O. Soysal, I. Tati'vili, P. Taracha, G. Torri, T. van den Hout, G. Wilhelm, I. Yakubovich, A. Yasur-Landau und R. Zadok

Studies on the Hittites and Their Neighbours in Honour of Itamar Singer

Pax Hethitica

Ran Zadok

Shlomo Izreʼel

Shlomo Izre'el

Selected contents of this volume (1998), collected in honor of Anson F. Rainey, include: Daniel Sivan, "The Use of QTL and YQTL Forms in the Ugaritic Verbal System"; Edward L. Greenstein, "New Readings in the Kirta Epic"; Alan Millard, "Books in the Late Bronze Age in the Levant"; Richard S. Hess, "Occurences of "Canaan" in Late Bronze Age Archives of the West Semitic World"; Gershon Galil, "Ashtaroth in the Amarna Period"; Jun Ikeda, "The Akkadian Language of Emar: Texts Related to a Diviner's Family"; Agustinus Gianto, "Mood and Modality in Classical Hebrew"; Masamichi Yamada, "The Family of Zu-Ba la the Diviner and the Hittites"; Mario Liverani, "How to Kill Abdi-Ashirta: EA 101, Once Again"; M. Dietrich and O. Loretz, "Amurru, Yaman, und die Agaischen Inseln nach den Ugaritischen Texten"; Ran Zadok, "Notes on Borsippean Documentation of the 8th-5th Centuries B. C."; Zipora Cochavi-Rainey, "A Note on the Coordinating Particle -ma in the Old Akkadian Letter Greeting Formula"; Ignacio Marquez Rowe, "Notes on the Hurro-Akkadian of Alalah in the Mid-Second Millennium B.C.E." Israel Oriental Studies has ceased publication with volume 20.

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