Translating Empire: Tell Fekheriyeh, Deuteronomy, and the Akkadian Treaty Tradition

by C.L. Crouch and Jeremy M Hutton

In this volume, C. L. Crouch and Jeremy M. Hutton offer a data-driven approach to translation practice in the Iron Age. The authors build on and reinforce Crouch's conclusions in her former work about Deuteronomy and the Akkadian treaty tradition, employing Hutton's "Optimal Translation" theory to analyze the Akkadian-Aramaic bilingual inscription from Tell Fekheriyeh. The authors argue that the inscription exhibits an isomorphic style of translation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3161590260
• ISBN13: 9783161590269
• Release Date: November 2019
• Publisher: Mohr Siebeck
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.8"