The world's oldest literature : studies in Sumerian belles-lettres / by William W. Hallo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hallo, William W.

Series:

Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 35.

Culture and history of the ancient Near East, 1566-2055 ; v. 35

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sumerian literature--History and criticism.

Sumerian literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (800 p.)

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Literature begins at Sumer, we may say. Given that this ancient crossroads of tin and copper produced not only bronze and the entire Bronze Age, but also by neccesity, the first system of record-keeping and the technique of writing. Scribal schools served to propogate the new technique and their curriculum grew to create, preserve and transmit all manner of creative poetry. In a lifetime of research, the author has studied multiple aspects of this most ancient literary oeuvre, including such questions as chronology and bilingualism, as well as contributing fundamental insights into specific genres such as proverbs, letter-prayers and lamentations. In addition, he has drawn conclusions for the comparative or contextual approach to biblical literature. His studies, widely scattered in diverse publications for nearly fifty years, are here assembled in convenient one-volume format, made more user-friendly by extensive cross-references and indices. \'Well-informed and sober, these essays offer rewarding reading for every area of biblical scholarship.\' A.R. Millard

Contents:

Preliminary Material / W.W. Hallo

Part I. Programmatics / W.W. Hallo

Part II. C Atalogues And Other Scholia / W.W. Hallo

Part III. Royal And Divine Hymns / W.W. Hallo

Part IV. Letter-Prayers / W.W. Hallo

Part V. Royal Correspondence / W.W. Hallo

Part VI. Historiography / W.W. Hallo

Part VII. Myths And Epics / W.W. Hallo

Part VIII. Proverbs / W.W. Hallo

Part IX. Incantations / W.W. Hallo

Part X. Sumerian Literature And The Bible / W.W. Hallo

Indexes / W.W. Hallo.

Notes:

Collection of essays published elsewhere previously between 1962 and 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

1-282-60328-0

9786612603280

90-474-2727-0

OCLC:

593295842

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004173811.i-768 DOI