Narrating the Past: An approach to Hittite texts

ROMINA DELLA CASA

Revista de Teoria da História

Universidade Federal de Goiás

Lugar: Goiás; Año: 2015 p. 19 - 38

Hittite historiography has been a subject of some debate since the 70s, positing a series of methodological problems for Hittitologists when confronted with textual sources. With the goal of approaching how the Hittites built their past, the present analysis focuses on different texts (such as Treaties, Annals, Testaments, etc.), and on the methodological strategies developed by scholars in studying these sources. As a result, the article revolves around the theoretical discussion of the main issues encompassing Hittite history