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.
While AHw is certainly a necessary resource I, like Duane, am prone to bouts of profanity when having to putz through German . . .
“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!
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.
“Just today I used the electronic version of the L volume” – Geeks, all of you!
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.
OK, I’ll admit it, but I stayed in the closet as long as possible.
Thanks for being at my lecture, Charles.
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