Babylonian Prayers to Marduk.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Oshima, Takayoshi M.

Series:

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike

Orientalische Religionen in der Antike ; v.7

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (542 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tübingen : Mohr Siebeck, 2021.

Language Note:

Text in English and Babylonian (Romanized).

Summary:

Takayoshi Oshima präsentiert die erste umfassende Studie der akkadischen Gebete an den babylonischen Gott Marduk seit J. Hehns Essay »Hymnen und Gebete an Marduk« (1905). Das Buch enthält sowohl einen aktuellen Katalog aller babylonischen Gebete an Marduk als auch eine Textedition von 31 antiken Dichtungen.

Contents:

Cover

Title

Foreword

Conventions

Table of Contents

List of Abbreviations

Introduction

Present Research

Previous General Studies on the God Marduk

Chapter I: General Discussion of Akkadian Prayers

Introduction: Akkadian Prayers among Other Religious Texts

Ancient Terminologies Terminology for Akkadian Prayers

Structure of Akkadian Prayers

Hymnic Introduction

Lament

Pleas

Thanksgiving

Further Remarks on the Structure of Akkadian Prayers

Purposes and Uses of Akkadian Prayer

Prayers as the Means of Personal Supplications to Gods

Prayers as Offerings

Prayers as Holy Writings

Akkadian Hymns

Summary

Chapter II: Marduk the God of Deliverance and Punishment

Why Marduk?

Early Relationship between Marduk and Asalluæi

Punishment and Deliverance: Two Opposite Features of Marduk

Marduk as Portrayed in The Prayer to Marduk no. 1 and Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi

Calamity of Marduk, the Source of Adversity

Marduk in Later Periods

Marduk as Portrayed in The Prayer to Marduk no. 2 and Šuila-Prayers

Significance of a Man's Visit to Esagila

Visit to Esagila as the Sign of Remission and Deliverance

Offering to Marduk as the Token of the Gratitude for Deliverance

Parallelism with other Deities: the Case of Ištar

Chapter III: Catalogue of Akkadian Prayers to Marduk

General Survey of Akkadian Prayers to Marduk

Catalogue

Prayers to Marduk

Miscellaneous texts related to Akkadian prayers to Marduk

Prayers to Marduk and Zarpanītu for the Akītu-Festivals

Incantation-prayers to Marduk

Long incantations to Marduk

Prayers addressing Marduk together with other gods

Chapter IV: Selected Akkadian Prayers to Marduk

P 1: The Prayer to Marduk no. 1

P 2: RA 86, pp. 80-81, Old Babylonian Royal Hymn/Prayer to Marduk.

P 3: VS 24, 97, Prayer to Marduk and the Gods of Esagila no. 1

The Mischwesen of Marduk

P 4: Ugaritica 5, no. 162

P 5: The Prayer to Marduk no. 2

P 6: K. 3366, Prayer for Offerings to Marduk

P 7: KAR 312, Prayer to Marduk and the Gods of Esagila no. 2

P 8: IVR2 59/2, Prayer to Marduk and Personal Gods

P 9: Šigû-Prayer to Marduk

Appendix to P 9: DT 119+152: Šigû-Prayer to the Lord

P 11: STC 1, p. 205

P 14: JAOS 88, p. 131, Two Double Acrostic Prayers to Marduk and Nabû

P 16: The Unninnu-Prayer of Nabû-šuma-ukīn

IP 1: KAR 59 1-25 (BMS 9 obverse)

IP 2: AOAT 34, 28 (+) 29

IP 3: BMS 11

IP 4: BMS 12, 17-95

IP 5: BMS 13a

IP 6: BMS 13b

IP 7: BMS 14/STT 132

IP 8: AOAT 34, 48 (+) BMS 14

IP 10: AOAT 34, 66+BMS 16+42

IP 11: BMS 18

IP 14: ABRT I, p. 59

IP 15: KAR 23+KAR 25, i 57'-ii 2

IP 16: KAR 25 ii 3-26, Syncretistic Incantation-Prayer to Marduk

Syncretistic Hymns and Prayers to Different Deities

IP 17: BA 5, no. III

IP 19: KAR 26, obv. 11-rev. 6

In 1: AMT 93/3

In 2: KAR 242, rev. 15'-21'

In 3: STT 231, obv. 8-11

Bibliography

Epithets of Marduk in Akkadian Prayers: Sorted in Alphabetical Order

Epithets of Marduk in Akkadian Prayers: Sorted according to his Divine Aspects

Selective Index of Discussed Words

Selective Index of Cited Texts

Index of Texts according to Mayer, UFBG

Index of Incipits

Index of Cuneiform Tablets by their Museum Numbers

Index of Texts according to the Publications of Hand-Copies

Cuneiform Texts.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

3-16-160596-9

OCLC:

1252428492