Stock Photo: Cover May Be Different
The Exegetical Terminology of Akkadian Commentaries
by Gabbay, Uri
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 9004323465
- ISBN 13
- 9789004323469
- Seller
-
Santa Monica, California, United States
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Leiden: Brill, 2016. First edition. Hardcover. Fine. Octavo. xii, 360pp. Indices and 18 page bibliography. Red buckram lettered in yellow. A fine, as new copy.
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 exegetical tradition. Using the exegetical terminology attested in the large corpus of Akkadian commentaries from the first millennium BCE, the book addresses the hermeneutics of the commentaries, investigates the scholastic environment in which they were composed, and considers the relationship between the terminology of commentaries and the divine authority of the texts they elucidate. The book concludes with a comparative study that traces links between the terminology used in Akkadian commentaries and that used in early Hebrew exegesis. (Publisher)
Contents: Introduction -- The Reality Behind Commentaries: Terms for Study, Discourse, Sources, and Compilation -- "What?": Interpretation Through Definition (Equation and Description) -- "How, Why?": Terms for Contextual Explanations -- Terms for the Nature of the Text and Hermeneutic Awareness -- The Verb qabu, "to say," in Akkadian Commentaries -- Conclusion. (OCLC)
This is Volume 82 of the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East."
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 exegetical tradition. Using the exegetical terminology attested in the large corpus of Akkadian commentaries from the first millennium BCE, the book addresses the hermeneutics of the commentaries, investigates the scholastic environment in which they were composed, and considers the relationship between the terminology of commentaries and the divine authority of the texts they elucidate. The book concludes with a comparative study that traces links between the terminology used in Akkadian commentaries and that used in early Hebrew exegesis. (Publisher)
Contents: Introduction -- The Reality Behind Commentaries: Terms for Study, Discourse, Sources, and Compilation -- "What?": Interpretation Through Definition (Equation and Description) -- "How, Why?": Terms for Contextual Explanations -- Terms for the Nature of the Text and Hermeneutic Awareness -- The Verb qabu, "to say," in Akkadian Commentaries -- Conclusion. (OCLC)
This is Volume 82 of the Brill series, "Culture and History of the Ancient Near East."
Reviews
(Log in or Create an Account first!)
Details
- Seller
- Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 51884
- Title
- The Exegetical Terminology of Akkadian Commentaries
- Author
- Gabbay, Uri
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- ISBN 10
- 9004323465
- ISBN 13
- 9789004323469
- Publisher
- Brill
- Place of Publication
- Leiden
- Date Published
- 2016
- Keywords
- Assyro-Babylonian literature, ancient Mesopotamia
Terms of Sale
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
Biblio member since 2009
Santa Monica, California
About Eric Chaim Kline - Bookseller
We offer a broad selection of rare, out-of-print and antiquarian books with an emphasis on photography, architecture, art, Judaica, Bibles, Weimar Germany and the Third Reich, modernism, Olympic Games, erotica and foreign-language works, especially German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish. We also provide appraisal, auction, consulting and rental services.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...