The Calm Before the Storm
Subtitle: Selected Writings of Itamar Singer on the Late Bronze Age in Anatolia and the Levant
By: by Itamar Singer
Contributors: Society of Biblical Literature
Series: Writings from the ancient world supplements / Society of Biblical Literature -- no. 1
Publisher: Society of Biblical Literature
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 780
ISBN-13: 9781589835580
Subjects: Politics and government; Commerce; Hittites; Bronze age; Foreign relations; History
Description: In a career that has spanned nearly four decades, more than thirty of them as Professor of Hittitology in the Department of Archaeology and Ancient Near Eastern Cultures at Tel Aviv University, Itamar Singer has had a profound impact on the field of ancient Near Eastern studies, and Hittite studies in particular. His wide-ranging contributions have nowhere been more deeply felt than in the historical reconstruction of the international affairs of the thirteenth century B.C.E.—the end of the Bronze Age in the eastern Mediterranean. The essays collected in this volume are a testament to the impact of his research on understanding Hatti’s diplomatic relations with the other great powers in this critical period of human history and on elucidating the complex dynamics that led to the disintegration of the Hittite Empire.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.