By Charles Halton on Tuesday, 29 April 2008 at 5:11 pm
All available volumes of CAD are now up for download.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/cad/
Several fascicles of CHD are also available.
http://oi.uchicago.edu/research/pubs/catalog/chd/
Others beat me to the punch, such as Pete Bekins and Jay Crisostomo, however, I thought I’d add the links as well. Furthermore, I’d like to thank the Oriental Institute for their electronic initiatives–not only is it a wonderful thing to have these great resources for free it is also very practical to have them in electronic form. Just today I used the electronic version of the L volume of the CAD with my Hebrew class to discuss an Akkadian cognate of a Hebrew word we encountered in the book of Ruth. It’s very impractical for me to lug around all the volumes of the print copy of the CAD but carrying a hard drive around isn’t too bad.
One last note–don’t forget about von Soden’s AHw. Duane Smith has a nice note about this that you should read. While CAD is certainly a monumental achievement and an invaluable resource, it is also well worth the time to check AHw for another opinion.
Comments (6)
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Comment by Jay
Made Tuesday, 29 of April , 2008 at 5:58 pm
While AHw is certainly a necessary resource I, like Duane, am prone to bouts of profanity when having to putz through German . . .
Comment by Jake
Made Tuesday, 29 of April , 2008 at 8:21 pm
“It’s very impractical for me to lug around all the volumes of the print copy of the CAD”–Have you actually lugged CAD to class? That would be funny!
Comment by Charles Halton
Made Tuesday, 29 of April , 2008 at 9:10 pm
I haven’t lugged the CAD to class, but I did carry the AHw on the plane back from San Diego–that was a pain.
Comment by Kyle Greenwood
Made Tuesday, 29 of April , 2008 at 9:22 pm
“Just today I used the electronic version of the L volume” – Geeks, all of you! 
Comment by Charles Halton
Made Wednesday, 30 of April , 2008 at 8:50 am
You spent years of your life researching Middle Assyrian royal theology, now who’s the geek? 
You did a mighty fine job by the way.
Comment by Kyle Greenwood
Made Thursday, 1 of May , 2008 at 7:17 am
OK, I’ll admit it, but I stayed in the closet as long as possible.
Thanks for being at my lecture, Charles.
