Ben H.L. van Gessel worked from 1958 until 1996 at the Fons Vitae Lyceum in Amsterdam, teaching ancient Greek and Latin, to become headmaster in 1968. Throughout those years he also devoted much of his time to studying Hittite texts.
'...van Gessel's book is one of the main auxiliary materials for
further research. Presently nobody can do without it when being
concerned with Anatolian religions in the second millennium BCE
because - as in a generalistic way during the founding period of
Religionswissenschaft - philological and historical research are
still the basic prerogatives for studying Anatolian religions.'
Manfred Hutter, Numen, 1999.
'The author must have devoted a tremendous amount of time to
compile these magnificent volumes, for which he deserves the thanks
and congratulations of every Hittitologist.'
Edgar G. Polomé, The Journal of Indo-European Studies, 1999.
'Das Werk wird sich auch für den religionsgeschichtlich arbeitenden
Alttestamentler als nutzliches Hilfsmittel erwisen.'
H. Pfeiffer, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche
Wissenschaft.
'…we must be grateful to van Gessel for providing us with this
thorough, accurate, and useful compilation that for many years will
be a basic research tool for Hittologists and all those interested
in the Anatolian pantheon of the second millennium B.C.
'Giuseppe F. del Monte, Journal of the American Oriental Society,
1999.
'Its author has earned our congratulations and our gratitude. This
compendium should find a place on the desk of all Hittitologists
and on the shelves of every research library for biblical,
classical, and cuneiform studies.'
Gary Beckman, Journal of Biblical Literature, 1999.
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