Learning To Pray In A Dead Language Education And Invocation In Ancient Sumerian

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Learning to Pray in a Dead Language Education and Invocation in Ancient Sumerian

Author : Joshua Bowen
Publisher : Digital Hammurabi
ISBN 13 : 1734358661
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (343 download)

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Download or read book Learning to Pray in a Dead Language Education and Invocation in Ancient Sumerian written by Joshua Bowen and published by Digital Hammurabi. This book was released on 2020-10-23 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The connection between prayer and schools has been a hot-button issue in the United States since their official separation in 1962. Many are in favor of restoring prayer in schools, others, however, find the idea inappropriate. In the ancient world there was no such distinction between the secular and the sacred, between the schoolhouse and the sanctuary. In ancient Iraq, in the early second millennium BCE – a time known as the Old Babylonian period – we see that schools were not only places of learning about things like writing, grammar, and mathematics, but also about a wide variety of religious concepts. This book, compiled from Dr. Bowen’s 2017 Ph.D. thesis, explores the profound effect education had upon the practice of prayer in second millennium Mesopotamia, shaping traditions and perceptions that resonate through history to our understanding of Judeo-Christian religion today. This book will: •Provide a detailed overview of schooling in second millennium BCE Mesopotamia, and how the school curriculum differed from city-to-city. •Discuss the importance of the prayers of priests, who were responsible for averting disaster through calming the hearts of angry gods. •Show how a standardized scribal curriculum impacted religious tradition which, in turn, influenced the writers of the Old Testament, and ultimately western civilization.

Democracy and World Language Education

Author : Timothy Reagan
Publisher : IAP
ISBN 13 : 1648028403
Total Pages : 249 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (48 download)

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Download or read book Democracy and World Language Education written by Timothy Reagan and published by IAP. This book was released on 2022-02-01 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book challenges the reader to consider issues of language and linguistic discrimination as they impact world language education. Using the nexus of race, language, and education as a lens through which one can better understand the role of the world language education classroom as both a setting of oppression and as a potential setting for transformation, Democracy and World Language Education: Toward a Transformation offers insights into a number of important topics. Among the issues that are addressed in this timely book are linguicism, the ideology of linguistic legitimacy, raciolinguistics, and critical epistemology. Specific cases and case studies that are explored in detail include the contact language Spanglish, African American English, and American Sign Language. The book also includes critical examinations of the less commonly taught languages, the teaching of classical languages (primarily Latin and Greek), and the paradoxical learning and speaking of “critical languages” that are supported primarily for purposes of national security (Arabic, Chinese, Farsi, Russian, etc.).

Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian

Author : Joshua Bowen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781734358605
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (586 download)

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Download or read book Learn to Read Ancient Sumerian written by Joshua Bowen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Did the Old Testament Endorse Slavery?

Author : Joshua Aaron Bowen
Publisher : Digital Hammurabi
ISBN 13 : 1736592092
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (365 download)

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Book Synopsis Did the Old Testament Endorse Slavery? by : Joshua Aaron Bowen

Download or read book Did the Old Testament Endorse Slavery? written by Joshua Aaron Bowen and published by Digital Hammurabi. This book was released on 2023-08-05 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The God of the Old Testament commanded and endorsed many practices that we find morally reprehensible today. High on the list was the institution of slavery, which features prominently in several sections of the Hebrew Bible. Fathers could sell their daughters into slavery, masters could beat their slaves, creditors could carry off children for failure to repay a debt, and foreigners could be kept for life, passed down as inherited property. How are we to make sense of all of this from our modern point of view? Atheists and skeptics will often say that the God of the Old Testament was a moral monster for endorsing such atrocities. Christians will often respond that the slavery in the Hebrew Bible wasn’t as bad as we think, and was more like having a job or owning a credit card. While both sides of this debate are sincere in their positions, neither are ultimately correct. Our conclusions must derive from a thorough understanding of both the Old Testament and ancient Near Eastern contexts. This extensively revised and expanded second edition includes a wealth of information and analysis, including three additional chapters and two new appendices. Dr. Bowen thoroughly explores law collections of the ancient Near East, asking why they matter, and how they influence our understanding of slavery in the Old Testament. A comparative analysis of the legal provisions made for the treatment of slaves in the ancient world sheds extensive light on how slavery in the Old Testament should be viewed in relation to other ancient cultures, and an entire chapter explores biblical slavery after the Old Testament, through the New Testament, early church, and down to the antebellum south. This book will: Provide a detailed overview of slavery laws and practices in the Old Testament and the ancient Near East. Examine the significant – and highly controversial – passages in the Hebrew Bible that deal with slavery, including laws about beating your slave, taking foreign chattel slaves, and what to do if a slave runs away from their master. Answer the most challenging questions about slavery in the Old Testament, including, “Could you beat your slave within an inch of their life and get away with it?”, “Were slaves just property that had no human rights?”, and “Did the Old Testament really endorse slavery?” Consider how the biblical treatment of slaves changed from the Old to New Testament, and whether Old Testament slavery was substantially different to slavery in the American antebellum south.

An Atheist's Guide to the Old Testament, Volume 1

Author : Joshua Bowen
Publisher : Digital Hammurabi
ISBN 13 : 1736592041
Total Pages : 419 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (365 download)

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Download or read book An Atheist's Guide to the Old Testament, Volume 1 written by Joshua Bowen and published by Digital Hammurabi. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 419 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Testament is a fierce battleground for atheists and Christian apologists, with each side accusing the other of taking challenging and troubling passages out of context. In this handbook, Joshua Bowen not only provides the background to the Old Testament and the ancient Near East, but engages with hotly contested topics like slavery, failed prophecy, and the authorship of debated Old Testament books. This book provides: * clear and straightforward explanations to complex topics * direct engagement with hot-button Old Testament issues * specific arguments to help you in a debate or discussion Whether you are looking to debate problematic Old Testament issues on social media or have a relaxed, meaningful discussion with a family member over coffee, The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament is an indispensable resource for you.

Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms

Author : Stephen Langdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms written by Stephen Langdon and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Sumerians

Author : Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226452328
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (264 download)

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Download or read book The Sumerians written by Samuel Noah Kramer and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-09-17 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. "There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."—American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."—Library Journal

The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament

Author : Joshua Aaron Bowen
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781736592021
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament written by Joshua Aaron Bowen and published by . This book was released on 2021-05-24 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Old Testament is a fierce battleground for atheists and Christian apologists, with each side accusing the other of taking challenging and troubling passages out of context. In this handbook, Joshua Bowen not only provides the background to the Old Testament and the ancient Near East, but engages with hotly contested topics like slavery, failed prophecy, and the authorship of debated Old Testament books. This book provides: -clear and straightforward explanations to complex topics -direct engagement with hot-button Old Testament issues -specific arguments to help you in a debate or discussion. Whether you are looking to debate problematic Old Testament issues on social media or have a relaxed, meaningful discussion with a family member over coffee, The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament is an indispensable resource for you.

Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel

Author : Heath D. Dewrell
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1646022017
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book Child Sacrifice in Ancient Israel written by Heath D. Dewrell and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2017-05-23 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Among the many religious acts condemned in the Hebrew Bible, child sacrifice stands out as particularly horrifying. The idea that any group of people would willingly sacrifice their own children to their god(s) is so contrary to modern moral sensibilities that it is difficult to imagine that such a practice could have ever existed. Nonetheless, the existence of biblical condemnation of these rites attests to the fact that some ancient Israelites in fact did sacrifice their children. Indeed, a close reading of the evidence—biblical, archaeological, epigraphic, etc.—indicates that there are at least three different types of Israelite child sacrifice, each with its own history, purpose, and function. In addition to examining the historical reality of Israelite child sacrifice, Dewrell’s study also explores the biblical rhetoric condemning the practice. While nearly every tradition preserved in the Hebrew Bible rejects child sacrifice as abominable to Yahweh, the rhetorical strategies employed by the biblical writers vary to a surprising degree. Thus, even in arguing against the practice of child sacrifice, the biblical writers themselves often disagreed concerning why Yahweh condemned the rites and why they came to exist in the first place.

Cuneiform

Author : Irving L. Finkel
Publisher : British museum Press
ISBN 13 : 9780714111889
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (118 download)

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Download or read book Cuneiform written by Irving L. Finkel and published by British museum Press. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuneiform script on tablets of clay is, as far as we know, the oldest form of writing in the world. The choice of clay as writing medium in ancient Mesopotamia meant that records of all kinds could survive down to modern times, preserving fascinating documents from ancient civilization, written by a variety of people and societies. From reading these tablets we can understand not only the history and economics of the time but also the beliefs, ideas and superstitions. This new book will bring the world in which the cuneiform was written to life for the non-expert reader, revealing how ancient inscriptions can lead to a new way of thinking about the past. It will explain how this pre-alphabetic writing really worked and how it was possible to use cuneiform signs to record so many different languages so long ago. Richly illustrated with a wealth of fresh examples ranging from elementary school exercises to revealing private letters or beautifully calligraphic literature for the royal library, we will meet people that arent so very different from ourselves. We will read the work of many scribes from mundane record keepers to state fortune tellers, using tricks from puns to cryptography. For the first time cuneiform tablets and their messages are not remote and inaccessible, but wonderfully human documents that resonate today.

Letters from Mesopotamia: Official Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia

Author : A. Leo Oppenheim
Publisher : Chicago : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Letters from Mesopotamia: Official Business, and Private Letters on Clay Tablets from Two Millennia written by A. Leo Oppenheim and published by Chicago : University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1967 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pacifying the Hearts of the Gods

Author : Uri Gabbay
Publisher : Harrassowitz
ISBN 13 : 9783447067485
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (674 download)

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Download or read book Pacifying the Hearts of the Gods written by Uri Gabbay and published by Harrassowitz. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pacifying the Hearts of the Gods investigates the corpus of Emesal prayers, i.e., prayers composed in the Emesal register of the Sumerian language that are known from cuneiform tablets dating from the beginning of the second millennium BC up to the end of the first millennium BC. In the first millennium BC, these prayers, which are usually accompanied by interlinear Akkadian translations, were divided into four main genres, natively called Balag, Ersema, Ersahuga, and Suila. The content of the prayers is usually lamentful, mourning the destruction of various Mesopotamian cities and temples, but it is not restricted to the commemoration of past disasters. The book examines the role of these prayers in the daily, monthly, annual, and noncalendrical cult of the temples of ancient Mesopotamia. It approaches these prayers, especially the Balag and Ersema genres, not only as texts but as part of a larger theological system that includes the ritual context of the prayers, their musical performance, and their cultic performer (the gala/kalu). Focusing on the first millennium BC, the book demonstrates how each element of this system serves the main theological purpose of the prayers: divine pacification. It also discusses the textual transmission of these prayers - most of which were included in the first-millennium BC series of kalutu, lore of the kalu cultic functionary - on the basis of changes in the long litanies of gods, epithets, cities, and temples. Special emphasis is given to the scribal context of the prayers.

Greek Religion

Author : Walter Burkert
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674362819
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (628 download)

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Download or read book Greek Religion written by Walter Burkert and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1985 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A survey of the religious beliefs of ancient Greece covers sacrifices, libations, purification, gods, heroes, the priesthood, oracles, festivals, and the afterlife.

Myths of Babylonia and Assyria

Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : Masterlab
ISBN 13 : 837991161X
Total Pages : 512 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (799 download)

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Download or read book Myths of Babylonia and Assyria written by Donald A. Mackenzie and published by Masterlab. This book was released on 2014-12-01 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic

The Christian Invention of Time

Author : Simon Goldhill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009080830
Total Pages : 517 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The Christian Invention of Time written by Simon Goldhill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-02-03 with total page 517 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Time is integral to human culture. Over the last two centuries people's relationship with time has been transformed through industrialisation, trade and technology. But the first such life-changing transformation – under Christianity's influence – happened in late antiquity. It was then that time began to be conceptualised in new ways, with discussion of eternity, life after death and the end of days. Individuals also began to experience time differently: from the seven-day week to the order of daily prayer and the festal calendar of Christmas and Easter. With trademark flair and versatility, world-renowned classicist Simon Goldhill uncovers this change in thinking. He explores how it took shape in the literary writing of late antiquity and how it resonates even today. His bold new cultural history will appeal to scholars and students of classics, cultural history, literary studies, and early Christianity alike.

Sumerian Cuneiform Dictionary Mugsar

Author : Peter Hogan
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781522062004
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Sumerian Cuneiform Dictionary Mugsar written by Peter Hogan and published by . This book was released on 2017-08-16 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Not just the niftiest, the epocahl Mugsar is the only standalone, self-contained, full-fledged, multi-faceted Sumerian Cuneiform Dictionary in the world for the founders of Western Civilization and modern business 5,000 years ago.Compare the Mugsar's features with the cumbersome databases of elite universities with zillion dollar funding.* The unique 'Mugsar 4-Way' - 1. unicode 2. sign 3. lemma 4. translation. All on one screen. At elite university sites it's all over the place. None give unicodes and their translations are superficial. * The real nifty part, the Mugsar QuickFinder index - the main Sumerian cuneiform signs in easy view within a nano second... A note on the Mugsar's development: This is the updated authorized Mugsar Collector's Edition Amazon Paperback by Mugsar Founder and Editor Peter Hogan. (Beware of unauthorized pirated copies). The Mugsar Sumerian Cuneiform Dictionary, the only standalone one in the world for the founders of Western Civilization, was first published 7 October 2013 on Internet Archive and australiansofarabia.wordpress.com also academia.edu.Through buying the Mugsar Collector's Edition you will be supporting the development of the Mugsar and helping to get the Sumerians back to their rightful position on education curriculums ahead of the Establishment's dictated hierarchy of courses, essentially "groups that plagiarized the Sumerians". In return, not only do you get the altruistic satisfaction of seeing the Mugsar gaining ground in Amazon and Google rankings, you also get, for all time, a free listing on the Mugsar Immortal Benefactors Register (MIBR). Simply email your purchase details, and if your really want to be an active benefactor, post a "Verified Purchase" review on Amazon and/or post on socail media - just include something like "Just bought my #MugsarSumerian Collector's Edition - my favorite cuneiform sign is 12217 LUGAL king". If we ever get to the point of an IPO all your financial support will be convertible to stock options, dollar for dollar. And as one of the early supporters with MIBR listing, you and/or your kid will be highly favored when it comes to paid positions, like Mugsar VP Marketing for your region. More details and customized options for benefactors at the New Mugsar Sumerian Cuneiform Dictionary Home (mugsarsumerian.com) - Immortalizer. Peter Hogan Mugsar Founder 14viii12017CT

The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion

Author : Shapurji Asponiaryi Kapadia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Teachings of Zoroaster and the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion written by Shapurji Asponiaryi Kapadia and published by . This book was released on 1913 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Teachings of Zoroaster, And the Philosophy of the Parsi Religion by Shapurji Aspaniarji Kapadia, first published in 1913, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.