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© Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2009 JANER 9.2 Also available online – brill.nl/jane DOI: 10.1163/156921109X12520501747967 REVIEW Billie Jean Collins, The Hittites and Their World. Atlanta: Society of Biblical Literature, 2007. xvi + 254 pages With The Hittites and Their World , Billie Jean Collins has created a unique biblically-oriented overview of Hittite history and culture, suitable for the layperson but with enough references to be useful to the scholar. It is clearly centered around religion, with a substantial chapter on Hittite religious practice, in addition to the book’s gen- eral focus on Hittites in a biblical context. The work will lend itself particularly to the biblical scholar who is unfamiliar with Hittitology, or to the Hittitologist without a background in biblical studies. It is a short and accessible book, but contains extensive notes; given its introductory nature, however, a collected bibliography, for ease of checking references, is a desideratum. Particularly convenient is the fi rst section, a chronological account of the origins of Hittitology, which is a nicely concise summary of events that many other works refer to individually, or describe in part. A clear, complete, detailed English-language description of the fi eld from Charles Texier to the
Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions – Brill
Published: Jan 1, 2009
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