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Riches Hidden in Secret Places Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen / edited by Tzvi Abusch.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Assyro-Babylonian literature--History and criticism.
- Assyro-Babylonian literature.
- Littérature assyro-babylonienne--Histoire et critique.
- Littérature assyro-babylonienne.
- Littérature sumérienne--Histoire et critique.
- Littérature sumérienne.
- Sumerian literature--History and criticism.
- Sumerian literature.
- Iraq--Civilization--To 634.
- Iraq.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (364 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns, 2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Providing a scholar's salute to a teacher, colleague, and friend, the contributors of this new volume honor the memory of Thorkild Jacobsen with essays on Mesopotamian history, culture, literature, and religion. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, John Huehnergard, Bendt Alster, Jeremy Black, Miguel Civil, Jerrold S. Cooper, M. J. Geller, Stephen A. Geller, Samuel Greengus, William W. Hallo, Wolfgang Heimpel, Jacob Klein, W. G. Lambert, Jack M. Sasson, Ake W. Sjoberg, Piotr Steinkeller, H. L. J. Vanstiphout, and Claus Wilcke.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Bibliography of Thorkild Jacobsen
- Thorkild Jacobsen: An Appreciation
- Thorkild Jacobsen's Danish Academic Background
- The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlû : Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part I
- ilu awilum : we-e i-la , "Gods : Men" versus "Man : God" Punning and the Reversal of Patterns in the Atrahasis Epic
- The Sumerians in Their Landscape
- The Forerunners of Marû and Hamtu in Old Babylonian
- Buddies in Babylonia: Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and Mesopotamian Homosexuality
- The Free Library Inanna Prism Reconsidered
- Wisdom, Nature and Piety in Some Biblical Psalms
- Redefining "Inchoate Marriage" in Old Babylonian Contexts
- A Model Court Case Concerning Inheritance
- The Lady of Girsu
- izuzzum and itulum
- A New Look at the "Oppression of Uruk" Episode in the Gilgame s Epic
- A Rare Exorcistic Fragment
- The Burden of Scribes
- In the Beginning
- Archaic City Seals and the Question of Early Babylonian Unity
- Sanctus Lugalbanda
- Der Kodex Urnamma (CU): Versuch einer Rekonstruktion
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781575065335
- 1575065339
- OCLC:
- 646661506
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