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Author : Stephen Langdon
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)
Download or read book Historical and Religious Texts from the Temple Library of Nippur written by Stephen Langdon and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John R. Maier
Publisher : Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780865163393
Total Pages : 508 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (633 download)
Download or read book Gilgamesh written by John R. Maier and published by Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers. This book was released on 1997 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The evolution of the Gilgamesh epic" (1982) / Jeffrey H. Tigay -- From "Gilgamesh in literature and art: the second and first millennia" (1987) / Wilfred G. Lambert -- From "Gilgamesh: sex, love and the ascent of knowledge" (1987) / Benjamin Foster -- "Images of women in the Gilgamesh epic" (1990) / Rivkah Harris -- "The marginalization of the goddesses" (1992) / Tikva Frymer-Kensky -- "Mourning the death of a friend: some assyriological notes" (1993) / Tzvi Abusch -- "Liminality, altered states, and the Gilgamesh epic" (1996) / Sara Mandell -- "Origins: new light on eschatology in Gilgamesh's mortuary journey" (1996) / Raymond J. Clark -- From "a Babylonian in Batavia: Mesopotamian literature and lore in The sunlight dialogues" (1982) / Greg Morris -- "Charles Olson and the poetic uses of Mesopotamian scholarship" / John Maier -- From "'Or also a godly singer, ' Akkadian and early Greek literature" (1984) / Walter Burkert -- From "Gilgamesh and Genesis" (1987) / David Damrosch -- "Praise for death" (1990) / Donald Hall -- From "Gilgamesh in the Arabian nights" (1991) / Stephanie Dalley -- "Ovid's Blanda voluptas and the humanization of Enkidu" (1991) / William L. Moran -- From "the Yahwist's primeval myth" (1992) / Bernard F. Batto -- "Gilgamesh and Philip Roth's Gil Gamesh" (1996) / Marianthe Colakis -- From "The epic of Gilgamesh" (1982) / J. Tracy Luke and Paul W. Pruyser -- From "Gilgamesh and the Sundance Kid: the myth of male friendship" (1987) / Dorothy Hammond and Alta Jablow -- "Gilgamesh and other epics" (1990) / Albert B. Lord -- From "Reaching for abroad: departures" (1991) / Eric J. Leed -- From "Introduction" to he who saw everything (1991) / Robert Temple -- "The oral aesthetic and the bicameral mind" (1991) / Carl Lindahl -- From "Point of view in anthropological discourse: the ethnographer as Gilgamesh" (1991) / Miles Richardson -- From "The wild man: the epic of Gilgamesh" (1992) / Thomas Van Nortwick.
Author : Katrien De Graef
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1646021185
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Law and (Dis)Order in the Ancient Near East written by Katrien De Graef and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2021-05-27 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mesopotamia is often considered to be the birthplace of law codes. In recognition of this fact and motivated by the perennial interest in the topic among Assyriologists, the 59th Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale was organized in Ghent in 2013 around the theme “Law and (Dis)Order in the Ancient Near East.” Based on papers delivered at that meeting, this volume contains twenty-six essays that focus on archaeological, philological, and historical topics related to order and chaos in the Ancient Near East. Written by a diverse array of international scholars, the contributions to this book explore laws and legal practices in the Ur III, Old Babylonian, Middle Assyrian, and Neo-Assyrian periods in Mesopotamia, as well as in Nuzi and the Hebrew Bible. Among the subjects covered are the Code of Hammurabi, legal phraseology, the archaeological traces of the organization of community life, and biblical law. The volume also contains essays that explore the concepts of chaos/disorder and law/order in divinatory texts and literature. Wide-ranging and cutting-edge, the essays in this collection will be of interest to Assyriologists, especially members of the International Association for Assyriology.
Author : Louis Lawrence Orlin
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472025899
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (72 download)
Download or read book Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East written by Louis Lawrence Orlin and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2010-02-22 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Intended for readers seeking insight into the day-to-day life of some of the world's most ancient peoples, Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East presents brief, fascinating explorations of key aspects of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Iran. With vignettes on agriculture, architecture, crafts and industries, literature, religion, topography, and history, Orlin has created something refreshingly unique: a modern guidebook to an ancient world. The book also reaches out to students of the Ancient Near Eastern World with essays on decipherments, comparative cultural developments between Egypt and Mesopotamia, and language and literature. In addition to general readers, the book will be useful in the classroom as a text supplementing a more conventional introduction to Near Eastern Studies. "Well-written and accessible, Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East deftly connects the past with present experience by drawing out the differences between, for instance, modern churches and ancient temples, and frequently employing biblical references. This simplicity together with connecting contemporary to ancient experience makes the text ideal for freshmen and general readers." ---Marc Cooper, Professor of History, Missouri State University Now Professor Emeritus, Louis L. Orlin taught in the department of Ancient Near Eastern History and Literature at the University of Michigan for more than thirty years. He is the author and editor of several books, including Assyrian Colonies in Cappadocia and Ancient Near Eastern Literature: A Bibliography of One Thousand Items on the Cuneiform Literatures of the Ancient World.
Author : University of Pennsylvania. Babylonian Expedition
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (33 download)
Download or read book The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Pennsylvania: Historical and religious texts from the temple library of Nippur, by Stephen Langdon written by University of Pennsylvania. Babylonian Expedition and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jean-Jacques Glassner
Publisher : Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN 13 : 1589830903
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (898 download)
Download or read book Mesopotamian Chronicles written by Jean-Jacques Glassner and published by Society of Biblical Lit. This book was released on 2004 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Sophie Démare-Lafont
Publisher : SBL Press
ISBN 13 : 1628374861
Total Pages : 629 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (283 download)
Download or read book Judicial Decisions in the Ancient Near East written by Sophie Démare-Lafont and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2023-11-03 with total page 629 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents the first broadly inclusive collection, with accessible text and English translation, of documents related to judicial decisions in the ancient Near East, the oldest setting for such writing in the world. The texts in this volume belong to various genres, especially legal records and letters, and span almost two thousand years. With such varied material, the work depends on the expertise of specialists in each setting, from the Sumerian of early Ur to the late Akkadian of Babylonia under the Persians. The collection brings together not only 183 transliterated texts and new translations but also introductions and commentary that place these legal documents in their historical and social contexts. A glossary of legal terms, a concordance of texts included, and an index of legal terms makes this an invaluable tool for students and scholars across disciplines. The contributors are Dominique Charpin, Sophie Démare-Lafont, Daniel E. Fleming, Francis Joannès, Bertrand Lafont, Brigitte Lion, Ignacio Márquez Rowe, Cécile Michel, and Pierre Villard.
Author : Maureen Gallery Kovacs
Publisher : Stanford University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780804717113
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (171 download)
Download or read book The Epic of Gilgamesh written by Maureen Gallery Kovacs and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1989 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. It recounts the deeds of a hero-king of ancient Mesopotamia, following him through adventures and encounters with men and gods alike. Yet the central concerns of the Epic lie deeper than the lively and exotic story line: they revolve around a man’s eternal struggle with the limitations of human nature, and encompass the basic human feelings of lonliness, friendship, love, loss, revenge, and the fear of oblivion of death. These themes are developed in a distinctly Mesopotamian idiom, to be sure, but with a sensitivity and intensity that touch the modern reader across the chasm of three thousand years. This translation presents the Epic to the general reader in a clear narrative.
Author : A. R. George
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780199278411
Total Pages : 802 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (784 download)
Download or read book The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic written by A. R. George and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 802 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Babylonian Gilgamesh epic is the oldest long poem in the world, with a history going back four thousand years. It tells the fascinating and moving story of Gilgamesh's heroic deeds and lonely quest for immortality. This book collects for the first time all the known sources in the original cuneiform, including many fragments never published before. The author's personal study of every available fragment has produced a definitive edition and translation, complete with comprehensive introductory chapters that place the poem and its hero in context."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191027219
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Myths from Mesopotamia written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2008-12-11 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ancient civilization of Mesopotamia thrived between the rivers Tigris and Euphrates over 4,000 years ago. The myths collected here, originally written in cuneiform on clay tablets, include parallels with the biblical stories of the Creation and the Flood, and the famous Epic of Gilgamesh, the tale of a man of great strength, whose heroic quest for immortality is dashed through one moment of weakness. Recent developments in Akkadian grammar and lexicography mean that this new translation, complete with notes, a glossary of deities, place-names, and key terms, and illustrations of the mythical monsters featured in the text, will replace all other versions. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
Author : Rivkah Harris
Publisher : University of Oklahoma Press
ISBN 13 : 9780806135397
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (353 download)
Download or read book Gender and Aging in Mesopotamia written by Rivkah Harris and published by University of Oklahoma Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rivkah Harris’s cross-cultural and multidisciplinary approach breaks new ground in assessing Mesopotamian attitudes toward youth and mature adulthood, aging and the elderly, generational conflict, gender differences in aging, relationships between men and women, women’s contributions to cultural activities, and the "ideal woman." To uncover Mesopotamian perspectives, Harris combed through primary sources - including literature and myth, letters, economic and legal texts, and visual materials. Even such pivotal cultural influences as the Gilgamesh Epic and Enuma Elish are reinterpreted in an original manner.
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Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141907185
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book The Epic of Gilgamesh written by and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 1973-10-25 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the 3rd millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh's grief and fear of death are such that they lead him to undertake a quest for eternal life. A timeless tale of morality, tragedy and pure adventure, The Epic of Gilgamesh is a landmark literary exploration of man's search for immortality.
Author : Jack Cheng
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004157026
Total Pages : 541 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (41 download)
Download or read book Ancient Near Eastern Art in Context written by Jack Cheng and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2007 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Through her published works and in the classroom, Irene J. Winter has served as a mentor for the latest generation of scholars of Mesopotamian visual culture. The various contributions to this volume in her honor represent a cross section of the state of scholarship today. Topics by the twenty authors include palatial and temple architecture, royal sculpture, gender in the ancient Near East, and interdisciplinary studies that range from the fourth millennium BCE to modern ethnography and cover Sumer, Assyria, Babylonia, Iran, Syria, Urartu, and the Levant. Reflections on Winter's scholarship and teaching accompany her bibliography. The volume will be useful for scholars who are curious about how visual culture is being used to study the ancient Near East.
Author : Leon Legrain
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Historical Fragments written by Leon Legrain and published by . This book was released on 1922 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Larz Trent
Publisher : Ahzuria Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Anunnaki - Star Gods Of Sumer written by Larz Trent and published by Ahzuria Publishing. This book was released on with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this engaging and scholarly book, we explore the rich mythology of the Anunnaki, the star gods of ancient Sumer. Recognized as the creators of writing, the Sumerians triggered an unprecedented advance in human development by recording the wisdom of the gods and forever transforming civilization. Furthermore, we delve into the Sumerian legend of the creation of man, which surprisingly aligns with Darwin's theory, presenting a unique narrative that merges mythology and science. This book offers a fascinating journey through the legends that shaped Sumerian culture, highlighting the enduring influence of the Anunnaki on human history and spirituality.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (334 download)
Download or read book Publications of the Babylonian Section written by and published by . This book was released on 1914 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : ISHMAEL NINGISHZIDA
Publisher : ADAPA PUBLISHING
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Anunnaki Gods in Exile written by ISHMAEL NINGISHZIDA and published by ADAPA PUBLISHING. This book was released on with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the Sumerian era, intelligent and talented individuals lived in the southern Iraq region. Scholars think that the earliest known human civilization emerged “suddenly,” “unexpectedly,” and “with remarkable abruptness” in the fertile plain watered by the Euphrates and Tigris rivers roughly 6,000 years ago. It was a civilization to which we owe nearly all the “Firsts” that we believe are necessary for a developed society, such as the wheel and methods of transportation on wheels; brick, which is used to build and continues to be used to build large structures; and furnaces and kilns, which are essential to industries ranging from baking to metallurgy. Sumer is credited with creating writing and record-keeping, astronomy, mathematics, towns and urban civilizations, kingships and laws, temples and priests, calendars, festivals, recipes, art, and artifacts. They were the first to record and explain historical events and tell stories about their gods by displaying exquisite sculptures and statuettes at holy sites. Over the last 150 years, several individuals have gained and evaluated scattered Mesopotamian archaeological objects to compile a comprehensive inventory. The names of the academics who made the voyage possible may be seen on many markers along the route that elevated ancient Sumer from obscurity to reverence. We will cover a few individuals who worked in diverse locations. In the last 150 years, archaeology and studying ancient languages have made this workable.
