Von Sumer Bis Homer
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From Hittite To Homer
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Author : Mary R. Bachvarova
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2016-03-10
From Hittite To Homer written by Mary R. Bachvarova 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 2016-03-10 with History categories.
This book takes a bold new approach to the prehistory of Homeric epic, arguing for a fresh understanding of how Near Eastern influence worked.
Von Sumer Bis Homer
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Author : Manfred Karl Schretter
language : de
Publisher: Ugarit Verlag
Release Date : 2005
Von Sumer Bis Homer written by Manfred Karl Schretter and has been published by Ugarit Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
The Festschrift for Manfred Schretter, philologist of the University of Innsbruck, mirrored the wide spread interest of the celebrated scientist in 28 articles by friends, colleagues and scholars concerning archaeology, philology and ancient history.
Homer S Allusive Art
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Author : Bruno Currie
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-29
Homer S Allusive Art written by Bruno Currie 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 2016-09-29 with History categories.
What kind of allusion is possible in a poetry derived from a centuries-long oral tradition, and what kind of oral-derived poetry are the Homeric epics? Comparison of Homeric epic with South Slavic heroic song has suggested certain types of answers to these questions, yet the South Slavic paradigm is neither straightforward in itself nor necessarily the only pertinent paradigm: Augustan Latin poetry uses many sophisticated and highly self-conscious techniques of allusion which can, this book contends, be suggestively paralleled in Homeric epic, and some of the same techniques of allusion can be found in Near Eastern poetry of the third and second millennia BC. By attending to these various paradigms, this challenging study argues for a new understanding of Homeric allusion and its place in literary history, broaching the question of whether there can have been historical continuity in a poetics of allusion stretching from the Mesopotamian epic of Gilgamesh, via the Iliad and Odyssey, to the Aeneid and Metamorphoses, despite the enormous disparities of time and place and of language and culture, including those represented by the cuneiform tablet, the papyrus roll, and by an oral performance culture. The fundamental methodological problems are explored through a series of interlocking case studies, treating of how the Odyssey conceivably alludes to the Iliad and also to earlier poetry on Odysseus' homecoming, the Iliad to earlier poetry on the Ethiopian hero Memnon, the Homeric Hymn to Demeter to earlier poetry on Hades' abduction of Persephone, and early Greek epic to Mesopotamian mythological poetry, pre-eminently the Babylonian epic of Gilgamesh.
A Companion To Assyria
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Author : Eckart Frahm
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2017-03-20
A Companion To Assyria written by Eckart Frahm and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-03-20 with History categories.
A Companion to Assyria is a collection of original essays on ancient Assyria written by key international scholars. These new scholarly contributions have substantially reshaped contemporary understanding of society and life in this ancient civilization. The only detailed up-to-date introduction providing a scholarly overview of ancient Assyria in English within the last fifty years Original essays written and edited by a team of respected Assyriology scholars from around the world An in-depth exploration of Assyrian society and life, including the latest thought on cities, art, religion, literature, economy, and technology, and political and military history
Greco Roman Culture And The New Testament
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Author : David Edward Aune
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-03-20
Greco Roman Culture And The New Testament written by David Edward Aune and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-03-20 with Religion categories.
Focusing on a strength of the faculty of the Pontifical Biblical Institute, this volume is a collection of nine essays by an international group of scholars who have used texts from the Greco-Roman world to illuminate various aspects of the New Testament.
Apocalypse Prophecy And Pseudepigraphy
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Author : John J. Collins
language : en
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Release Date : 2015-10-03
Apocalypse Prophecy And Pseudepigraphy written by John J. Collins and has been published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-10-03 with Religion categories.
A highly regarded expert on the Jewish apocalyptic tradition, John J. Collins has written extensively on the subject. Nineteen of his essays written over the last fifteen years, including previously unpublished contributions, are brought together for the first time in this volume. Its thematic essays organized in five sections, Apocalypse, Prophecy, and Pseudepigraphy complements and enriches Collins’s well-known book The Apocalyptic Imagination.
The Gods Rich In Praise
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Author : Christopher Metcalf
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
The Gods Rich In Praise written by Christopher Metcalf and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with History categories.
Many scholars today believe that early Greek literature, as represented by the great poems of Homer and Hesiod, was to some extent inspired by texts from the neighbouring civilizations of the ancient Near East, especially Mesopotamia. It is true that, in the case of religious poetry, early Greek poets sang about their gods in ways that resemble those of Sumerian or Akkadian hymns from Mesopotamia, but does this mean that the latter influenced the former, and if so, how? This volume is the first to attempt an answer to these questions by undertaking a detailed study of the ancient texts in their original languages, from Sumerian poetry in the 20th century BC to Greek sources from the times of Homer, Hesiod, Pindar, and Aeschylus. The Gods Rich in Praise presents the core groups of sources from the ancient Near East, describing the main features of style and content of Sumerian and Akkadian religious poetry, and showing how certain compositions were translated and adapted beyond Mesopotamia. It proceeds by comparing selected elements of form and content: hymnic openings, negative predication, the birth of Aphrodite in the Theogony of Hesiod, and the origins and development of a phrase in Hittite prayers and the Iliad of Homer. The volume concludes that, in terms of form and style, early Greek religious poetry was probably not indebted to ancient Near Eastern models, but also argues that such influence may nevertheless be perceived in certain closely defined instances, particularly where supplementary evidence from other ancient sources is available, and where the extant sources permit a reconstruction of the process of translation and adaptation.
Beyond Alexandria
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Author : Marijn S. Visscher
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020
Beyond Alexandria written by Marijn S. Visscher and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020 with History categories.
"This book aims to further our understanding of Seleucid literature, covering the period from Seleucus I to Antiochus III. Despite the historical importance of the Seleucid Empire during this time, little attention has been devoted to its literature. The works of authors affiliated with the Seleucid court have tended to be overshadowed by works coming out of Alexandria, emerging from the court of the Ptolemies, the main rivals of the Seleucids. This book makes two key points, both of which challenge the idea that "Alexandrian" literature is coterminous with Hellenistic literature as a whole. First, the book sets out to demonstrate that a distinctly Seleucid strand of writing emerged from the Seleucid court, characterized by shared perspectives and thematic concerns. Second, the book argues that Seleucid literature was significant on the wider Hellenistic stage. Specifically, it aims to show that the works of Seleucid authors influenced and provided counterpoints to writers based in Alexandria, including key figures such as Eratosthenes and Callimachus. For this reason, the literature of the Seleucids is not only interesting in its own right; it also provides an important reference point for further understanding of Hellenistic literature in general. These two points are worked out in four chapters, each focusing on a specific 'moment' in Seleucid history and the corresponding literature: the establishment of the Eastern borders under Seleucus I; the consolidation of a symbolical centre at Babylon; the crisis of the Third Syrian War under Seleucus II; the flourishing literary court of Antiochus III"--
Purity And The Forming Of Religious Traditions In The Ancient Mediterranean World And Ancient Judaism
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Author : Christian Frevel
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2012-11-01
Purity And The Forming Of Religious Traditions In The Ancient Mediterranean World And Ancient Judaism written by Christian Frevel and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-01 with Religion categories.
Focusing on concepts, practices and images associated with purity in the ancient Mediterranean, this volume contributes new aspects to the current discussion about the forming of religious traditions, from a comparative perspective that acknowldges individual developments, mutual exchanges, as well as transcultural processes.
The First Ninety Years
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Author : Lluís Feliu
language : en
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Release Date : 2017-09-11
The First Ninety Years written by Lluís Feliu 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 2017-09-11 with History categories.
This volume is dedicated to Miguel Civil in celebration of his 90th birthday. Civil has been one of the most influential scholars in the field of Sumerian studies over the course of his long career. This anniversary presents a welcome occasion to reflect on some aspects of the field in which he has been such a driving force.