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Literature of Ancient Sumer

Black Jeremy Cunningham Graham Robson Eleanor Se alle
Innbundet / 2004 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780199263110
Publisert
2004
Utgiver
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Oxford University Press
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689 gr
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223 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
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Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320

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Black Jeremy
Cunningham Graham
Robson Eleanor
Zólyomi, Gábor

Biografisk notat

Jeremy Black is University Lecturer in Akkadian and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Graham Cunningham is Researcher at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Eleanor Robson is University Lecturer in History of Science and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Gábor Zólyomi is Head of the Department of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

Literature of Ancient Sumer

Black Jeremy Cunningham Graham Robson Eleanor Se alle
Innbundet / 2004 / Engelsk
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This anthology successfully provides a taste of Sumerian literature on a scale never previously attempted. As an academic resource it opens up a previously impenetrable field and will be used in a wide range of university courses. It deserves a wider readership too.

Andrew George, THES

This excellent little book thoroughly deserves to find the wide readership it courts, and also to endure as a standard tool for university teaching and research. It is required reading for all who are interested in ancient intellectual cultures, in the study of the oldest literary forms, and in the field of comparative literature.

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

The selections are carefully introduced, given in annotated fresh renderings, and are accompanied by a helpful glossary and bibliographies

International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol. 52

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The treatment of themes and the individual texts...will open up a new horizon to the interested reader, and offer new prospects to the fortuitous reader.

Dina Katz, Bibliotheca Orientalis LXIII, No. 5-6

This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different types of composition written in the language, from narrative myths and lyrical hymns to proverbs and love poetry. The translations have benefited both from the work of many scholars and from our ever-increasing understanding of Sumerian. In addition to reflecting the advances made by modern scholarship, the translations are written in clear, accessible English. An extensive introduction discusses the literary qualities of the works, the people who created and copied them in ancient Iraq, and how the study of Sumerian literature has evolved over the last 150 years.
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Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs, and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. Written in clear, accessible English, these translations are the most comprehensive collection of the world's first literature.
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A. HEROES AND KINGS; B. INAN AND DUMUZID; C. ENLIL AND NINLIL; D. THE MOON GOD NANNA-SUEN; E. THE WARRIOR GODS NERGAL, NUMUSDA, AND NINURTA; F. LOVE AND SEX; G. THE NATURAL ORDER; H. THE HYMNIC GENRES; I. SCRIBES AND LEARNING; J. THE DECAD, A SCRIBAL CURRICULUM
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`Books like this are needed to make the pioneering work of Sumerologists better known. It represents a great leap forward for SUmerian literature, for it exposes to a new readership very many compositions that have hitherto been read only by a tiny number of specialists.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
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A varied and fascinating anthology of the world's oldest literature Presents the literary heritage of ancient Iraq Includes an extensive and stimulating Introduction
Jeremy Black is University Lecturer in Akkadian and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Graham Cunningham is Researcher at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Eleanor Robson is University Lecturer in History of Science and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Gábor Zólyomi is Head of the Department of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
Les mer
A varied and fascinating anthology of the world's oldest literature Presents the literary heritage of ancient Iraq Includes an extensive and stimulating Introduction

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This anthology successfully provides a taste of Sumerian literature on a scale never previously attempted. As an academic resource it opens up a previously impenetrable field and will be used in a wide range of university courses. It deserves a wider readership too.

Andrew George, THES

This excellent little book thoroughly deserves to find the wide readership it courts, and also to endure as a standard tool for university teaching and research. It is required reading for all who are interested in ancient intellectual cultures, in the study of the oldest literary forms, and in the field of comparative literature.

Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society

The selections are carefully introduced, given in annotated fresh renderings, and are accompanied by a helpful glossary and bibliographies

International Review of Biblical Studies, Vol. 52

Se alle

The treatment of themes and the individual texts...will open up a new horizon to the interested reader, and offer new prospects to the fortuitous reader.

Dina Katz, Bibliotheca Orientalis LXIII, No. 5-6

This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different types of composition written in the language, from narrative myths and lyrical hymns to proverbs and love poetry. The translations have benefited both from the work of many scholars and from our ever-increasing understanding of Sumerian. In addition to reflecting the advances made by modern scholarship, the translations are written in clear, accessible English. An extensive introduction discusses the literary qualities of the works, the people who created and copied them in ancient Iraq, and how the study of Sumerian literature has evolved over the last 150 years.
Les mer
Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs, and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. Written in clear, accessible English, these translations are the most comprehensive collection of the world's first literature.
Les mer
A. HEROES AND KINGS; B. INAN AND DUMUZID; C. ENLIL AND NINLIL; D. THE MOON GOD NANNA-SUEN; E. THE WARRIOR GODS NERGAL, NUMUSDA, AND NINURTA; F. LOVE AND SEX; G. THE NATURAL ORDER; H. THE HYMNIC GENRES; I. SCRIBES AND LEARNING; J. THE DECAD, A SCRIBAL CURRICULUM
Les mer
`Books like this are needed to make the pioneering work of Sumerologists better known. It represents a great leap forward for SUmerian literature, for it exposes to a new readership very many compositions that have hitherto been read only by a tiny number of specialists.' Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society
Les mer
A varied and fascinating anthology of the world's oldest literature Presents the literary heritage of ancient Iraq Includes an extensive and stimulating Introduction
Jeremy Black is University Lecturer in Akkadian and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Graham Cunningham is Researcher at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Eleanor Robson is University Lecturer in History of Science and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Gábor Zólyomi is Head of the Department of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.
Les mer
A varied and fascinating anthology of the world's oldest literature Presents the literary heritage of ancient Iraq Includes an extensive and stimulating Introduction

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780199263110
Publisert
2004
Utgiver
Vendor
Oxford University Press
Vekt
689 gr
Høyde
223 mm
Bredde
145 mm
Dybde
29 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
320

Redaktør
Black Jeremy
Cunningham Graham
Robson Eleanor
Zólyomi, Gábor

Biografisk notat

Jeremy Black is University Lecturer in Akkadian and Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford. Graham Cunningham is Researcher at the Faculty of Oriental Studies, University of Oxford. Eleanor Robson is University Lecturer in History of Science and Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford. Gábor Zólyomi is Head of the Department of Assyriology and Hebrew Studies, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest.

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