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Author : Åke W. Sjöberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 14 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (963 download)
Download or read book Prayers for King Hammurabi of Babylon written by Åke W. Sjöberg and published by . This book was released on 1972* with total page 14 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Takayoshi Oshima
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 9783161508318
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (83 download)
Download or read book Babylonian Prayers to Marduk written by Takayoshi Oshima and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2011 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first comprehensive study of Babylonian prayers dedicated to Marduk, the god of Babylon, since J. Hehn's essay Hymnen und Gebete an Marduk (1905). Marduk was the god of the city of Babylon and was the most important god in Babylonia from the time of Hammurabi (the 18th century BCE) onwards. In this book, Takayoshi Oshima presents an up-to-date catalog of all known Babylonian prayers dedicated to Marduk from different historical periods and offers critical editions of 31 ancient texts based on newly identified manuscripts and a collation of the previously published manuscripts. The author also discusses various aspects of Akkadian prayers to different deities and the ancient belief in the mechanism of punishment and redemption by Marduk.
Author : Marc Van De Mieroop
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 047069534X
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (76 download)
Download or read book King Hammurabi of Babylon written by Marc Van De Mieroop and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-04-30 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first biography in English of King Hammurabi, who ruled Babylon from 1792 to 1750 BC and presents a rounded view of his accomplishments. Describes how Hammurabi dealt with powerful rivals and extended his kingdom. Draws on the King’s own writings and on diplomatic correspondence that has only recently become available. Explores the administration of the kingdom and the legacies of his rule, especially his legal code. Demonstrates how Hammurabi’s conquests irrevocably changed the political organization of the Near East, so that he was long remembered as one of the great kings of the past. Written to be accessible to a general audience.
Author : Hammurabi
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781517169084
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (69 download)
Download or read book The Code of Hammurabi written by Hammurabi and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-09-03 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Code of Hammurabi Translated by L. W. King With commentary from Charles F. Horne, Ph.D. (1915) Code of Laws of Babylon Hammurabi was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. Many relics of Hammurabi's reign ([1795-1750 BC]) have been preserved, and today we can study this remarkable King, as a wise law-giver in his celebrated code. . . By far the most remarkable of the Hammurabi records is his code of laws, the earliest-known example of a ruler proclaiming publicly to his people an entire body of laws, arranged in orderly groups, so that all men might read and know what was required of them. The code was carved upon a black stone monument, eight feet high, and clearly intended to be reared in public view. This noted stone was found in the year 1901, not in Babylon, but in a city of the Persian mountains, to which some later conqueror must have carried it in triumph. It begins and ends with addresses to the gods. Even a law code was in those days regarded as a subject for prayer, though the prayers here are chiefly cursings of whoever shall neglect or destroy the law. LAWS of justice which Hammurabi, the wise king, established. A righteous law, and pious statute did he teach the land. Hammurabi, the protecting king am I. I have not withdrawn myself from the men, whom Bel gave to me, the rule over whom Marduk gave to me, I was not negligent, but I made them a peaceful abiding-place. I expounded all great difficulties, I made the light shine upon them. With the mighty weapons which Zamama and Ishtar entrusted to me, with the keen vision with which Ea endowed me, with the wisdom that Marduk gave me, I have uprooted the enemy above and below (in north and south), subdued the earth, brought prosperity to the land, guaranteed security to the inhabitants in their homes; a disturber was not permitted. The great gods have called me, I am the salvation-bearing shepherd, whose staff is straight, the good shadow that is spread over my city; on my breast I cherish the inhabitants of the land of Sumer and Akkad; in my shelter I have let them repose in peace; in my deep wisdom have I enclosed them. That the strong might not injure the weak, in order to protect the widows and orphans, I have in Babylon the city where Anu and Bel raise high their head, in E-Sagil, the Temple, whose foundations stand firm as heaven and earth, in order to bespeak justice in the land, to settle all disputes, and heal all injuries, set up these my precious words, written upon my memorial stone, before the image of me, as king of righteousness.
Author : Gwendolyn Leick
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134526377
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (345 download)
Download or read book The Babylonians written by Gwendolyn Leick and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-06-29 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our introductory "Peoples" books (The Romans, The Israelites, The Greeks and Arabia and Arabs) have been consistently successful - this is in the same mould. Babylon/Mesopotamia are of interest to the general reader public as well as to an academic audience - our reference books in this area, plus competing titles, bear this out! Gwendolyn Leick is already a successful author on this topic for us and other publishers. Lively, easy to read style mean this really will be accessible to all levels of reader.
Author : L. King
Publisher : NuVision Publications, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781595478511
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (785 download)
Download or read book The Code of Hammurabi written by L. King and published by NuVision Publications, LLC. This book was released on 2007-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hammurabi was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. Many relics of Hammurabi's reign have been preserved, and today we can study this remarkable King . . . as a wise law-giver in his celebrated code. . . By far the most remarkable of the Hammurabi records is his code of laws, the earliest-known example of a ruler proclaiming publicly to his people an entire body of laws, arranged in orderly groups, so that all men might read and know what was required of them. The code was carved upon a black stone monument, eight feet high, and clearly intended to be reared in public view. This noted stone was found in the year 1901, not in Babylon, but in a city of the Persian mountains, to which some later conqueror must have carried it in triumph. It begins and ends with addresses to the gods. Even a law code was in those days regarded as a subject for prayer, though the prayers here are chiefly cursings of whoever shall neglect or destroy the law.
Author : Hammurabi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9786057748812
Total Pages : 44 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (488 download)
Download or read book The Code of Hammurabi written by Hammurabi and published by . This book was released on 2019-12-03 with total page 44 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Code of Hammurabi is a well-preserved Babylonian law code of ancient Mesopotamia, dating back to about 1754 BC. It is one of the oldest deciphered writings of significant length in the world. The sixth Babylonian king, Hammurabi, enacted the code, and partial copies exist on a man-sized stone stele and various clay tablets. The Code consists of 282 laws, with scaled punishments, adjusting "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth" (lex talionis) as graded depending on social status, of slave versus free man. Nearly one-half of the Code deals with matters of contract, establishing, for example, the wages to be paid to an ox driver or a surgeon. Other provisions set the terms of a transaction, establishing the liability of a builder for a house that collapses, for example, or property that is damaged while left in the care of another. A third of the code addresses issues concerning household and family relationships such as inheritance, divorce, paternity, and sexual behavior. Only one provision appears to impose obligations on an official; this provision establishes that a judge who reaches an incorrect decision is to be fined and removed from the bench permanently. A few provisions address issues related to military service. Hammurabi ruled for nearly 42 years, c. 1792 to 1750 BC according to the Middle chronology. In the preface to the law, he states, "Anu and Bel called by name me, Hammurabi, the exalted prince, who feared Marduk, the patron god of Babylon (The Human Record, Andrea & Overfield 2005), to bring about the rule in the land." On the stone slab there are 44 columns and 28 paragraphs that contained 282 laws. The laws follow along the rules of 'an eye for an eye'.
Author : Åke W. Sjöberg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 4 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (963 download)
Download or read book Two Prayers for King Samsuiluna of Babylon written by Åke W. Sjöberg and published by . This book was released on 1973* with total page 4 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Shalom E. Holtz
Publisher : SBL Press
ISBN 13 : 1946527416
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (465 download)
Download or read book Praying Legally written by Shalom E. Holtz and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2019-11-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the lengthy history of legal metaphors in ancient prayer In biblical and other ancient Near Eastern sources, prayer is an opportunity to make one’s case before divine judges. Prayers were formulated using courtroom or trial language, including demands for judgment, confessions, and accusations. The presence of these legal concepts reveals ancient Near Eastern thoughts about what takes place when one prays. Holtz highlights legal concepts that appear in prayers, including the motif of the speakers' oppression in Psalms the possibility of countersuit against God through prayer, and divine attention and inattention as legal responses. By reading ancient prayers together with legal texts, this book shows how speakers took advantage of prayer as an opportunity to have their day in the divine court and even sue against divine injustice. Features Identification of legal vocabulary and concepts that appear in ancient prayers Analysis of legal metaphors in prayer examples in Akkadian and postbiblical rabbinic texts Interpretations of trial records and texts from Psalms and Lamentations
Author : Marianna E. Vogelzang
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9789072371843
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (718 download)
Download or read book Mesopotamian Poetic Language written by Marianna E. Vogelzang and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1996-01-01 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles is the result of the second meeting of the Mesopotamian Literature Group (Groningen), held in Groningen from 12 till 14 July 1993. The topics treated by these scholars from six countries range from theoretical issues to specific analyses, from broad structures to linguistic textures, including metaphorical language as well as phonic features; also, various poetical techniques and strategies are studied. The interest is more in the questions that are raised than in the answers given, and the matter of legitimization of our theoretical bases runs throughout most contributions, this being the aim of the Group.
Author : L. W. King
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781470100896
Total Pages : 90 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (8 download)
Download or read book The Code of Hammurabi written by L. W. King and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-02-18 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . .[Hammurabi] was the ruler who chiefly established the greatness of Babylon, the world's first metropolis. Many relics of Hammurabi's reign [1795-1750 BC] have been preserved, and today we can study this remarkable King . . . as a wise law-giver in his celebrated code. . . . . . [B]y far the most remarkable of the Hammurabi records is his code of laws, the earliest-known example of a ruler proclaiming publicly to his people an entire body of laws, arranged in orderly groups, so that all men might read and know what was required of them. The code was carved upon a black stone monument, eight feet high, and clearly intended to be reared in public view. This noted stone was found in the year 1901, not in Babylon, but in a city of the Persian mountains, to which some later conqueror must have carried it in triumph. It begins and ends with addresses to the gods. Even a law code was in those days regarded as a subject for prayer, though the prayers here are chiefly cursings of whoever shall neglect or destroy the law.
Author : Christopher Metcalf
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 1646020111
Total Pages : 169 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (46 download)
Download or read book Sumerian Literary Texts in the Schøyen Collection written by Christopher Metcalf and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2019-08-15 with total page 169 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first in a series of volumes publishing the Sumerian literary texts in the Schøyen Collection, this book makes available, for the first time, editions of seventeen cuneiform tablets, dating to ca. 2000 BCE and containing works of Sumerian religious poetry. Edited, translated, and annotated by Christopher Metcalf, these poems shed light on the interaction between cult, scholarship, and scribal culture in Mesopotamia in the early second millennium BCE. The present volume contains fourteen songs composed in praise of the various gods of the Mesopotamian pantheon; it is believed that these songs were typically performed in temple cults. Among them are a song in praise of Sud, goddess of the ancient Mesopotamian city Shuruppak; a song describing the statue of the protective goddess Lamma-saga in the “Sacred City” temple complex at Girsu; and a previously unknown hymn dedicated to the creator god Enki. Each text is provided in transliteration and translation and accompanied by hand-copies and images of the tablets themselves. Expertly contextualizing each song in Babylonian religious and literary history, this thoroughly competent editio princeps will prove a valuable tool for scholars interested in the literary and religious traditions of ancient Mesopotamia.
Author : Maximillien De Lafayette
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1304249387
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (42 download)
Download or read book Volume 4.DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY, ANCIENT AND BABYLONIAN ASSYRIAN written by Maximillien De Lafayette and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2013-07-20 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Volume 4.DICTIONARY OF CONTEMPORARY, ANCIENT AND BABYLONIAN ASSYRIAN Published by Times Square Press. New York, Berlin. Series: Comparative Encyclopedic Thesaurus-Lexicon of Assyrian, Aramaic, Arabic, Akkadian, Babylonian Hebrew, Sumerian, Syriac (K-N). Volume 4 From A Set Of 5 Volumes (Approximately 1,100 Pages). Author's website: www.maximilliendelafayettebibliography.com
Author : Bleeker
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004378413
Total Pages : 505 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)
Download or read book Ex orbe religionum written by Bleeker and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-08-14 with total page 505 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Rannfrid Thelle
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351673882
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Discovering Babylon written by Rannfrid Thelle and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-10-10 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents Babylon as it has been passed down through Western culture: through the Bible, classical texts, in Medieval travel accounts, and through depictions of the Tower motif in art. It then details the discovery of the material culture remains of Babylon from the middle of the 19th century and through the great excavation of 1899-1917, and focuses on the encounter between the Babylon of tradition and the Babylon unearthed by the archaeologists. This book is unique in its multi-disciplinary approach, combining expertise in biblical studies and Assyriology with perspectives on history, art history, intellectual history, reception studies and contemporary issues.
Author : Douglas E Oakman
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 022790463X
Total Pages : 153 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)
Download or read book Jesus, Debt, and the Lord's Prayer written by Douglas E Oakman and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2015-04-30 with total page 153 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deeply rooted in the story of Jesus of Nazareth is a concern for people mired in debt. Debt was a central control mechanism for the administration of the Roman Empire. Client states such as those of the Herods in Palestine were entrusted with maintenanceof the established order, the Pax Romana, and their patronage entailed legions of the indebted. Debt kept peasants at their plows and contributed to the suffering bodies and tortured minds that Jesus attempted to heal. His parables and central prayer feature the forgiveness of money debts. In the end, his praxis to liberate people from perennial debt led to a Roman cross, but his memory was kept alive at the table around which he communed with tax collectors and debtors alike.
Author : Daniel I Block
Publisher : James Clarke & Company
ISBN 13 : 0227902319
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (279 download)
Download or read book By the River Chebar written by Daniel I Block and published by James Clarke & Company. This book was released on 2014-03-27 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To many readers the book of Ezekiel is a hopeless riddle. We may still find many features of the man and his message difficult and sometimes even shocking or offensive. The bizarre opening vision catches us off guard and tempts us to stop reading. Apersistent reader, however, who meditates long and hard on individual utterances and sign actions, will discover that despite the strangeness of the man, this is the most clearly organized of the major prophetic books. Individual prophecies are clearly marked by headings and often by conclusions. The priestly prophet knew his audience, something that is evident if one continues to delve deeper: he recognized in Judah's rebellion against YHWH the underlying cause of the divine fury that resultedin the exile of his people and the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians in 586 BCE. However, he also recognized that YHWH's judgment could not be the last word: his covenant is eternal and irrevocable. A day of spiritual renewal and national restoration is anticipated. This is the first of two volumes of essays on Ezekiel and his book. The seven general essays and two studies of particular texts in this collection explore the times, the message, and the methods of the prophetic priest.
