The Fate of Oriental Studies in the Correspondence between Albrecht Goetze and Hans Gustav Güterbock

The correspondence between Albrecht Goetze and Hans Gustav Gueterbock, two of the world's foremost scholars on the ancient Near East, is a remarkably important source for the study of the history of Oriental Studies during the central decades of the Twentieth Century. The rich epistolary exchange of these two leading German scholars dates mainly to the time of their exile and covers the span of time from 1931-1970. The paper presents an overview of the major topics discussed by Goetze and Gueterbock, ranging from academic to personal matters.