Providing up-to-date, readable English translations of writings recovered from the ancient Near East, this series serves the general reader, the student, and the educator. Explore the roots of Western Civilization and compare these earliest records of written human thought and activity … more
Harry A. Hoffner Jr. is the John A. Wilson Professor of Hittitology Emeritus at the University of Chicago. He is the founding editor of The Hittite Dictionary of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, the author of over 20 books on the Hittites and the ancient Near East, and the co-author of the definitive grammar of the Hittite language.