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Theo van den Hout

Author of The Elements of Hittite (English and Hittite Edition)

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Theo Van Den Hout is Professor of Hittite and Anatolian Languages at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago, and editor-in-chief of the Chicago Hittite Dictionary (CHD) since 2000. Besides his work on the dictionary, his current personal interests focus on ancient record management and show more literacy in Hittite society. He has over twenty years of experience teaching Hittite and other Anatolian languages at the universities of Amsterdam and Chicago. show less

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Works by Theo van den Hout

The Elements of Hittite (English and Hittite Edition) (2011) 38 copies

A History of Hittite Literacy: Writing and Reading in Late Bronze-Age Anatolia (1650–1200 BC) (2021) 7 copies

Hidden Futures: Death and Immortality in Ancient Egypt, Anatolia, the Classical, Biblical and Arabic-Islamic World (1995) — Editor — 3 copies

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The Oxford Handbook of Ancient Anatolia, 10,000-323 B.C.E. (2011) — Contributor — 26 copies

Margins of writing, origins of cultures (2006) — Contributor — 14 copies

Thinking, Recording, and Writing History in the Ancient World (2013) — Contributor — 13 copies

Recent Developments in Hittite Archaeology and History: Papers in Memory of Hans G. Guterbock (2002) — Contributor — 10 copies

Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday (2003) — Contributor — 9 copies

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Gender: male
Education: University of Amsterdam (PhD | Hittite and Anatolian Languages | 1989)

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