Gilgamesh Enkidu And The Netherworld And The Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

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Gilgamesh Enkidu And The Netherworld And The Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

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Author : Alhena Gadotti
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2014-08-08

Gilgamesh Enkidu And The Netherworld And The Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle written by Alhena Gadotti and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-08 with History categories.

Alhena Gadotti offers a much needed new edition of the Sumerian composition Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, last published by Aaron Shaffer in his 1963 doctoral dissertation. Since then, several new manuscripts have come to light, prompting not only a new edition of the text, but also a re-examination of the composition. In this book, Gadotti argues that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld was the first, not the last of the Sumerian stories about Gilgamesh. She also suggests that a Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle, currently only attested in old Babylonian manuscripts (ca. 18th century BCE), was in fact developed during the Ur III period (ca. 2100-2000 BCE). Providing a new way to look at the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories, this book is relevant not only to scholars of the ancient Near East, but also to anyone interested in epic and epic cycle.

Gilgamesh Enkidu And The Netherworld And The Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

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Author : Alhena Gadotti
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2014-08-08

Gilgamesh Enkidu And The Netherworld And The Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle written by Alhena Gadotti and has been published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-08-08 with History categories.

Alhena Gadotti offers a much needed new edition of the Sumerian composition Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, last published by Aaron Shaffer in his 1963 doctoral dissertation. Since then, several new manuscripts have come to light, prompting not only a new edition of the text, but also a re-examination of the composition. In this book, Gadotti argues that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld was the first, not the last of the Sumerian stories about Gilgamesh. She also suggests that a Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle, currently only attested in old Babylonian manuscripts (ca. 18th century BCE), was in fact developed during the Ur III period (ca. 2100-2000 BCE). Providing a new way to look at the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories, this book is relevant not only to scholars of the ancient Near East, but also to anyone interested in epic and epic cycle.

Rethinking Ghosts In World Religions

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Author : Muzhou Pu
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2009

Rethinking Ghosts In World Religions written by Muzhou Pu and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Religion categories.

The central theme of this volume is to re-examine the received concepts and images of ghosts in various religious cultures ranging from the Ancient Near East and Egypt to the Old Testament, the Classical Era, Early Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Early India, and Medieval China. As a religious phenomenon, the realm of ghosts has been less studied than the realm of the divine. Through a collaborative effort by scholars from different disciplines, this volume proposes a multi-cultural approach to construct a wider and complicated picture of the phenomenon of ghosts and spirits in human societies and to have a grasp of the various problems involved in understanding the phenomenon of ghost.

Gilgame Enkidu And The Netherworld And The Sumerian Gilgame Cycle

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Author : Alhena Gadotti
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005

Gilgame Enkidu And The Netherworld And The Sumerian Gilgame Cycle written by Alhena Gadotti and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with categories.

Caring For The Dead In Ancient Israel

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Author : Kerry M. Sonia
language : en
Publisher: SBL Press
Release Date : 2020-11-02

Caring For The Dead In Ancient Israel written by Kerry M. Sonia and has been published by SBL Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-11-02 with Religion categories.

A new reconstruction of cultic practices surrounding death in ancient Israel In Caring for the Dead in Ancient Israel, Kerry M. Sonia examines the commemoration and care for the dead in ancient Israel against the broader cultural backdrop of West Asia. This cult of dead kin, often referred to as ancestor cult, comprised a range of ritual practices in which the living provided food and drink offerings, constructed commemorative monuments, invoked the names of the dead, and protected their remains. This ritual care negotiated the ongoing relationships between the living and the dead and, in so doing, helped construct social, political, and religious landscapes in relationship to the past. Sonia explores the nature of this cult of dead kin in ancient Israel, focusing on its role within the family and household as well as its relationship to Israel’s national deity and the Jerusalem temple. Features: A reevaluation of whether burial and necromantic rituals were part of the cult of dead kin A portrait of the various roles Israelite women played in the cult of dead kin A reassessment of biblical writers’ attitudes toward the cult of dead kin

The Hittite Gilgamesh

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Author : Gary M. Beckman
language : en
Publisher: Lockwood Press
Release Date : 2019-06-15

The Hittite Gilgamesh written by Gary M. Beckman and has been published by Lockwood Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-15 with History categories.

From the late third millennium BCE on, the adventures of the hero Gilgamesh were well known throughout Babylonia and Assyria, and the discovery of Akkadian-language fragments of versions of his tale at Boğazkoy, Ugarit, Emar, and Megiddo demonstrates that tales of the hero's exploits had reached the periphery of the cuneiform world already in the Late Bronze Age. A century of excavation at the Hittite capital of Hattusa (mod. Boğazkoy) has yielded more textual sources for Gilgamesh than are known from all other Late Bronze Age sites combined. The Gilgamesh tradition was imported to Hattusa for use in scribal instruction, and has been of particular importance to modern scholars in reconstructing the epic and analyzing its development, since it documents a period in the history of the narrative for which very few textual witnesses have yet been recovered from Mesopotamia itself. And it is this very Middle Babylonian period to which scholarly consensus assigns the composition of the final, "canonical" version of the epic. The Hittite Gilgamesh offers a full edition of the manuscripts from Hattusa in the Hittite, Akkadian, and Hurrian languages recounting Gilgamesh's adventures.

Gilgamesh

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Author : Sophus Helle
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2021-10-26

Gilgamesh written by Sophus Helle and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-10-26 with Fiction categories.

A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace Gilgamesh is a Babylonian epic from three thousand years ago, which tells of King Gilgamesh’s deep love for the wild man Enkidu and his pursuit of immortality when Enkidu dies. It is a story about love between men, loss and grief, the confrontation with death, the destruction of nature, insomnia and restlessness, finding peace in one’s community, the voice of women, the folly of gods, heroes, and monsters—and more. Millennia after its composition, Gilgamesh continues to speak to us in myriad ways. Translating directly from the Akkadian, Sophus Helle offers a literary translation that reproduces the original epic’s poetic effects, including its succinct clarity and enchanting cadence. An introduction and five accompanying essays unpack the history and main themes of the epic, guiding readers to a deeper appreciation of this ancient masterpiece.

Tracking The Master Scribe

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Author : Sara Jessica Milstein
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016

Tracking The Master Scribe written by Sara Jessica Milstein and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Literary Collections categories.

Characterized by collectively produced texts that changed significantly over time, Mesopotamian literature and the Hebrew Bible confound modern notions of authorship and creativity. Tracking the Master Scribe probes the methods ancient scribes employed in passing down the writing that mattered most.

Achilles Beside Gilgamesh

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Author : Michael Clarke
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2019-11-28

Achilles Beside Gilgamesh written by Michael Clarke and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-28 with History categories.

Interprets the poetic meaning of the Iliad in relation to the heroic literature of the Ancient Near East.

Animals And Their Relation To Gods Humans And Things In The Ancient World

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Author : Raija Mattila
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-03-11

Animals And Their Relation To Gods Humans And Things In The Ancient World written by Raija Mattila and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-03-11 with History categories.

While Human-Animal Studies is a rapidly growing field in modern history, studies on this topic that focus on the Ancient World are few. The present volume aims at closing this gap. It investigates the relation between humans, animals, gods, and things with a special focus on the structure of these categories. An improved understanding of the ancient categories themselves is a precondition for any investigation into the relation between them. The focus of the volume lies on the Ancient Near East, but it also provides studies on Ancient Greece, Asia Minor, Mesoamerica, the Far East, and Arabia.