The HittiteEtymological Dictionary is a comprehensive compendium of the vocabulary of Hittite, one of the great languages of the Ancient Near East, and of paramount importance for comparative Indo-European studies. Since the start of publication, as evidenced by frequency of reference and quotation, this work has become an important tool for study and research in Hittite, Ancient Anatolian, and Indo-European linguistics.
The HittiteEtymological Dictionary is a comprehensive compendium of the vocabulary of Hittite, one of the great languages of the Ancient Near East, and of paramount importance for comparative Indo-European studies. Since the start of publication, as evidenced by frequency of reference and quotation, this work has become an important tool for study and research in Hittite, Ancient Anatolian, and Indo-European linguistics.
„Man kann Jaan Puhvels Leistungen im Rahmen seiner Beschäftigung mit der heth. Lexikographie nur größte Bewunderung entgegenbringen.“Oğuz Soysal in: Bibliotheca Orientalis 2006
A fourth volume on the vocabulary of the Hittite, one of the languages of the ancient Near East. Volume 4 deals with words beginning with "K".
The Hittite Etymological Dictionary is a comprehensive compendium of the vocabulary of Hittite, one of the great languages of the Ancient Near East, and of paramount importance for comparative Indo-European studies. Since the start of publication, as evidenced by frequency of reference and quotation, this work has become an important tool for study and research in Hittite, Ancient Anatolian, and Indo-European linguistics. Volume 8 of the dictionary deals with words beginning with PA.
In a magisterial work, Jaan Puhvel unravels the prehistoric Indo-Euopean origins of the traditions of India and Iran, Greece and Rome, of the Celts, Germans, Balts, and Slavs. Utilizing the methodologies of historical linguistics and archaeology, he reconstructs a shared religious, mytholoigcal, and cultural heritage. Separate chapters on individual traditions as well as on recurrent thees―god and warrior, king and virgin, fire and water―give life to Comparative Mythology as both a general introduction and a detaled reference.
Srovnávací studie o mýtech indoevropských jazykových skupin. Filolog a indoevropeista Puhvel uvádí čtenáře do historie studia mýtů, objasňuje pojmosloví, ale především se věnuje rozboru jednotlivých typů mýtů. Pokouší se nalézti shodné znaky a vlivy mezi jazykově příbuznými skupinami/Chetity, Kelty, Řeky,Římany, Germany.
