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grbs-231	Bachvarova, Mary R.	The Eastern Mediterranean Epic Tradition from Bilgames and Akka to the Song of Release to Homer’s Iliad	2005	23	.pdf	application/pdf	8669	318	62	I defend this interpretation in “Relations between God and Man in the Hurro-Hittite ‘Song of Release,’” JAOS (forthcoming), using phraseological and thematic correspondences between the Song of Release and various Hittite texts (treaties, administrative texts, annals, prayers, and other Hurro-Hittite songs) to argue that the Song of Release is not about releasing debt slaves (so Hoffner and others) but about releasing captives. Also see C. Wilcke, “Die An- fänge der akkadishen Epen,” ZA 67 (1977) 153–207, at 153–155, 175–186, 200–202; West, East Face 170–173; and B. De Vries, The Style of Hittite Epic and Mythology (diss.	cache/grbs-231.pdf	txt/grbs-231.txt