Texts and Contexts

Download or read book Texts and Contexts written by Paul Delnero and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2015-10 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume assembles scholars working on cuneiform texts from different periods, genres, and areas to examine the range of social, cultural, and historical contexts in which specific types of texts circulated. Using different methodologies and sources of evidence, these articles reconstruct the contextx in which various cuneiform texts circulated, providing a critical framework to determine how they functioned.