The Calm Before The Storm: Selected Writings Of Itamar Singer On The End Of The Late Bronze Age In Anatolia And The Levant (society Of Biblical Literature: Writings From The Ancient World Supplement)
by Itamar Singer /
2011 / English / PDF
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In a career spanning 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.â?"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 Hattiâ?TMs
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.
In a career spanning 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.â?"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 Hattiâ?TMs
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.