The Hittite substitution ritual is presented making use of much new textual material. It presents the manuscripts with translations and transcriptions of all duplicate texts, thematic indexes and commentaries. The latter shed light on the linguistic and cultural aspects, the role of shthonic deities, the cult of ancestors of North Syrian origin, etc., thus also defining a history of various purification motifs in Hittite substitution rituals.

'"Stand dem Interesse des Rezensenten folgend die philologische Seite der Bearbeitung in der Besprechung im Vordergrund, sei ausdr]cklich betont, dass das Buch auch von einem weiteren Leserkreis der Nachbarwissenschaften wie Akkadisten oder Religionshistorikern mit Gewinn gelesen werden d]rfte.'
Detlev Groddek, "Die Welt des Orients, 2002.
'"The book displays the same precision as that with which the Hittites describe the objects necessary to the ritual and the manner in which they should be represented. Congratulations are in order for author and publisher.'
J. de Roos, "Bibliotheca Orientalis, 2001.