Abelʹs method on summation by parts and theta hypergeometric series

Abelʹs lemma on summation by parts is reformulated to investigate systematically terminating theta hypergeometric series. Most of the known identities are reviewed and several new transformation and summation formulae are established. The authors are convinced by the exhibited examples that the iterating machinery based on the modified Abel lemma is powerful and a natural choice for dealing with terminating theta hypergeometric series.