Wisdom from the late Bronze Age / by Yoram Cohen ; edited by Andrew R. George.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Yoram, 1968-

Contributor:

George, A. R.

Series:

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 34.

Writings from the ancient world ; number 29

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Akkadian language--Texts.

Akkadian language.

Assyro-Babylonian literature--Translations into English.

Assyro-Babylonian literature.

Wisdom literature--Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Wisdom literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (273 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This volume presents the original texts and annotated translations of a collection of Mesopotamian wisdom compositions and related texts of the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1500-1200 B.C.E.) found at the ancient Near Easter sites of Hattu a, Emar, and Ugarit. These wisdom compositions constitute the missing link between the great Sumerian wisdom corpus and early Akkadian wisdom literature of the Old Babylonian period, on the one hand, and the wisdom compositions of the first millennium B.C.E., on the other. Included here are works such as the Ballad of Early Rulers, Hear the Advice, and The Date-Palm and the Tamarisk, as well as proverb collections from Ugarit and Hattu a. A detailed introduction provides an assessment of the place of wisdom literature in the ancient curriculum and library collections. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I : Introduction

A general overview of the compositions and their sources

Definitions and approaches

The historical and social contexts

The archaeological and archival contexts

The curricular context: the place and role of wisdom literature within the Scribal-school curriculum. Part II : Late bronze age wisdom compositions

Sima milka, or The instructions of Supe-ameli

The ballad of early rulers

Enlil and Namzitarra

The righteous sufferer, or A hymn to Marduk from Ugarit

The date palm and the Tamarisk

Proverb collections from Hattusa

An Akkadian-Hurian bilingual proverb extract

Proverbs and proverbial sayings in letters: the Mari letters and late Bronze Age correspondence.

Notes:

Should be number 34 of series.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-247) and indexes.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 8, 2013).

ISBN:

9781589837751

1589837754

9781589837546

1589837541

OCLC:

927515775

Publisher Number:

2027/heb32031 hdl