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Hittite Diplomatic Texts: SBL Writings from the Ancient World Series 7

Gary Beckman, ed. by Harry A. Hoffner, Jr. (Atlanta: Scholars Press, 1996) x + 206 pp., $44.95 (hardback), $29.95 (paperback)

Scholars who believe that history began with Herodotus in the fifth century B.C.E. may be unaware of the political documents from the Hittite Empire. The texts translated in this new volume display historiography dating to the second millennium B.C.E.