Ethiopian biblical interpretation: a Study in exegetical tradition and hermeneutics . By Roger W. Cowley. (University of Cambridge Oriental Publications, No. 38.) pp. xvi, 488, Cambridge etc., Cambridge University Press, 1988. £35.00.

from Babylon (95). Another refers to an unidentifiable Marduk-nasir (110,1. 6 read nu-up-tum, a mandatory additional payment rather than a "gratuity"). There are a number of standard contracts (126—36). While this book will primarily interest specialist Assyriologists it should help any researching in diverse aspects of Babylonian literature. It claims to have been " typeset by the author" and is remarkably free from errors.