Description: Correspondence of Edward Hincks : 1, Hardcover by Cathcart, Kevin J. (EDT), ISBN 1904558712, ISBN-13 9781904558712, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Henry Hincks was rector of the Church of Ireland for most of his life (1) His avocation and passion, however, was the decipherment of ancient texts. He began with hieroglyphics, newly decoded by Champollion, and moved on to eventually cracking the mystery of Akkadian, written in cuneiform. In this second volume of Hincks' letters, dating from 1, Cathcart (Near Eastern languages, University College, Dublin) covers Hincks' discoveries in cuneiform and his frustration in not being allowed access to materials, being constantly thwarted by a rival. The letters between Hincks and scholars in England and France detail both the joy of shared enthusiasms and the superficially polite ways in which ambitious scholars could back stab. The fine points of translation will be fascinating for Egyptian and Near Eastern scholars, although the politics will be distressingly familiar. Distributed by Dufour. Annotation ©2009 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()
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Book Title: Correspondence of Edward Hincks : 1850-1856
Number of Pages: 400 Pages
Publication Name: Correspondence of Edward Hincks: V. 2: 1850-1856
Language: English
Publisher: University College Dublin Press
Item Height: 0.2 in
Subject: Asia / General, Europe / Ireland, Clergy
Publication Year: 2008
Type: Textbook
Author: Edward Hincks
Subject Area: Religion, History
Series: The Collected Works of Norbert Elias Ser.
Format: Hardcover
