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Instructors: Dr. Charles Steitler
Event type:
Seminar
Displayed in timetable as:
S AO Hethitisch II
Hours per week:
2
Language of instruction:
German
Min. | Max. participants:
- | -
Requirements / organisational issues:
Prerequisite: completion of the introductory course "Introduction to Hittite" (Hittite I)
Contents:
In the second semester of Hittite, building on the basic knowledge of the language acquired in the first semester, knowledge of the Hittite language is deepened and practised. Through the reading of legal (such as the Hittite laws) and/or historical texts (such as the Ten Year Annals of Muršili II), the participants will acquire more detailed knowledge of and familiarity with Hittite grammar, morphology, and syntax, but also of the culture and history of the Hittite empire.
Recommended reading list:
A. Goetze 1933. Die Annalen des Muršiliš (MVAeG 38), Leipzig.
H.A. Hoffner and H.C. Melchert 2008. A Grammar of the Hittite Language. Part 1: Reference Grammar (LANE 1), Winona Lake, Indiana.
H.A. Hoffner 1997. The Laws of the Hittites. A Critical Edition (DMOA 23), Leiden; New York.
Digital teaching:
The seminar will be held as an in-person class, if circumstances permit.
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