Gary Beckman

Professor Gary Beckman is a noted Hittitologist and Professor of Hittite and Mesopotamian Studies from the University of Michigan. [ [http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/faculty/beckman.htm Gary Beckman, Official University of Michigan webpage] ] He has written several books on the Ancient Hittites: his publication 'Hittite Diplomatic Texts' and 'Hittite Myths' were both republished twice--in 1991 and 1999 respectively. [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0788504886 Hittite Myths, Second Edition] ] [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/0788505513 Hittite Diplomatic Texts] ] As a Hittitologist, Professor Gary Beckman also wrote an article on Hittite Chronology in Akkadica 119-120 (2000) [ [http://www.ttk.gov.tr/data/akkadica119-120.htm AKKADICA 119-120 - septembre-décembre / september-december 2000 ] ] while he served as an editor of the 2003 book 'Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday ' [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/1575060795 Amazon.com: Hittite Studies in Honor of Harry A. Hoffner, Jr: On the Occasion of His 65th Birthday: Harry A. Hoffner, Gary M. Beckman, Richard Henry Beal, John Gregory McMahon, Gregory McMahon: Books ] ] Beckman also composed a book review on Trevor Bryce's influential book, The Kingdom of the Hittites in Bryn Mawr. [ [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/1999/1999-04-18.html Bryn Mawr Classic Review by Gary Beckman] ]

Dr. Beckman participated as an academic advisor for the 2003 film Hititler (or 'Hittites' in English) which discussed the history and culture of the Ancient Hittites. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0366578/fullcredits#cast Hititler] ] In 2008, Professor Beckman reviewed a book concerning "regime change" and their impact upon local societies in the Middle East from ancient times to the modern era. [ [http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/bmcr/2008/2008-04-39.html Book Review of Regime Change in the Ancient Near East and Egypt: From Sargon of Agade to Saddam Hussein] ] He observed that cultural and administrative changes did not typically happen until approximately two generations (or 50 years) had passed from the overthrow of the previous ruling regime.

Below is a partial list of Professor Beckman's book publications: [ [http://www.umich.edu/~neareast/faculty/beckman.htm Gary Beckman ] ]

* Texts from the Vicinity of Emar in the Collection of Jonathan Rosen, (Padova: Sargon, 1996).
* Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. II. Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Nies Babylonian Collection. (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 1995).
* Hittite Diplomatic Texts. Writings from the Ancient World, Volume 7. (Atlanta, GA: Scholars Press, 1996) [second Edition, 1999] .
* The Epic of Gilgamesh (Norton Critical Editions), with Benjamin R. Foster and Douglas Frayne (New York: W. W. Norton, 2001).
* Catalogue of the Babylonian Collections at Yale. 4.Old Babylonian Archival Texts in the Yale Babylonian Collection (Bethesda, MD: CDL Press, 2000).
* Hittite Myths, (co-editor), Scholars Press; 2nd edition (1991)

ee also

*History of the Hittites

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