The Lamentation Over The Destruction Of Ur
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Author | : Nili Samet |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 299 |
Release | : 2014-03-31 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1575068834 |
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The goal of this book is to present a revised edition of the Sumerian Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, a lament bewailing the fall of the glorious Ur III kingdom in 2004 B.C.E. Lamentation is a well-known genre in world literature. Laments of various types are part of the cultural legacy and literary corpus of many societies, from ancient to modern times, and Sumerian literature is no exception. However, Mesopotamian lamentation literature includes a significant body of laments belonging to a unique and almost unparalleled genre—the genre of lamentations over the destruction of cities and temples. This genre has no known ancient parallel outside the ancient Near East; more specifically, it is almost exclusively attested in Sumerian and biblical literature. The Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur is the most famous and important exemplar of the city-laments. In this updated and revised publication of the Lamentation over the Destruction of Ur, Samet provides an introductory discussion of Sumerian city-laments in general; a full presentation of the text of the Ur Lament, including transliteration, translation, and an extensive philological commentary; and an accounting of the extant textual witness in score format. Plates with color photos of many texts are included.
Author | : Piotr Michalowski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 272 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
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This work presents for the first time in its entirety the long Sumerian poem describing the destruction and suffering in Babylonia during the final days of the Third Dynasty of Ur. The text is both an important work of native historiography and a moving literary composition. The author's introduction places the work within the Sumerian literary tradition, and evaluates it as a historical source. Indexes and copies of unpublished texts are included.
Author | : Selena Wisnom |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 290 |
Release | : 2019-11-04 |
Genre | : Poetry |
ISBN | : 9004412972 |
Download Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In Weapons of Words Selena Wisnom offers a literary study of three poems central to Babylonian culture: Anzû, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum, demonstrating how each uses sophisticated intertextual allusions to compete with its predecessors.
Author | : Mary R. Bachvarova |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 297 |
Release | : 2016-02-15 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1107031966 |
Download The Fall of Cities in the Mediterranean Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This book explores some of the most prominent literary responses to the collective trauma of a fallen city.
Author | : Karen Weisman |
Publisher | : OUP Oxford |
Total Pages | : 736 |
Release | : 2010-04-15 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 0199228132 |
Download The Oxford Handbook of the Elegy Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The single most comprehensive study of elegy, this Handbook offers groundbreaking scholarship, historical breadth, and responds to recent exciting developments in elegy studies: the explosion in interest in elegies about AIDS, cancer, and war; the reconsideration of the role of women; and elegy's relation to ethics, philosophy, and theory.
Author | : Piotr Michalowski |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 282 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Foreign Language Study |
ISBN | : |
Download The Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This work presents for the first time in its entirety the long Sumerian poem describing the destruction and suffering in Babylonia during the final days of the Third Dynasty of Ur. The text is both an important work of native historiography and a moving literary composition. The author's introduction places the work within the Sumerian literary tradition, and evaluates it as a historical source. Indexes and copies of unpublished texts are included.
Author | : Stephen Langdon |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1919 |
Genre | : Hymns, Sumerian |
ISBN | : |
Download Sumerian Liturgies and Psalms Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2010-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226452328 |
Download The Sumerians Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. "There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."—American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."—Library Journal
Author | : Nancy C. Lee |
Publisher | : Society of Biblical Lit |
Total Pages | : 287 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 1589833570 |
Download Lamentations in Ancient and Contemporary Cultural Contexts Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Personal tragedy and communal catastrophe up to the present day are universal human experiences that call forth lament. Lament singers--from the most ancient civilizations to traditional oral poets to the biblical psalmists and poets of Lamentations to popular singers across the globe--have always raised the cry of human suffering, giving voice to the voiceless, illuminating injustice, or pleading for divine help. This volume gathers an international collection of essays on biblical lament and Lamentations, illuminating their genres, artistry, purposes, and significant place in the history and theologies of ancient Israel. It also explores lament across cultures, both those influenced by biblical traditions and those not, as the practices of composition, performance, and interpretation of life's suffering continue to shed light on our knowledge of biblical lament. --From publisher's description.
Author | : David S. Vanderhooft |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 585 |
Release | : 2013-10-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1575068672 |
Download Literature as Politics, Politics as Literature Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
This volume, in celebration of Peter Machinist, Hancock Professor of Hebrew and Other Oriental Languages at Harvard University, includes twenty-eight illuminating essays on ancient Near Eastern history and literature, which focus especially on the intersection of these fields. Contributors include one of Machinist’s teachers, several of his students, and numerous colleagues and friends. These essays probe topics for which Machinist’s work has often set new standards. And in the spirit of the honoree and his interests, these comparative studies encompass Babel, Bibel, and more. In them, Assyriologists contend with biblical cruxes and biblicists engage Assyriological research, while classicists and Hittitologists participate with considerations of their respective disciplines within a broad cross-cultural context. The volume is a must for anyone committed to the ongoing comparative study of the ancient Near East, and within that framework, the historical study of the Hebrew Bible.