Reading Sumerian Poetry

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 1998-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 048593003X

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Reading Sumerian Poetry by Jeremy Black Pdf

An analysis of the oldest form of poetry. Sumer, in the southern part of Iraq, created the first literary culture in history, as early as 2500BC. The account is structured around a complete English translation of the fragmentary Lugalbanda poems, narrating the adventures of the eponymous hero. The study reveals a work of a rich and sophisticated poetic imagination and technique, which, far from being in any sense 'primitive', are so complex as to resist much modern literary analysis.>

Author : Jeremy Black
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2000-12-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780567270153

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Reading Sumerian Poetry by Jeremy Black Pdf

An analysis of the oldest form of poetry. Sumer, in the southern part of Iraq, created the first literary culture in history, as early as 2500BC. The account is structured around a complete English translation of the fragmentary Lugalbanda poems, narrating the adventures of the eponymous hero. The study reveals a work of a rich and sophisticated poetic imagination and technique, which, far from being in any sense 'primitive', are so complex as to resist much modern literary analysis.

Author : Jeremy A. Black
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0801435986

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Reading Sumerian Poetry by Jeremy A. Black Pdf

An authority on ancient Mesopotamian culture, Jeremy Black here provides an introduction to the world's oldest poetry. Sumer, in southern Iraq, was the first literate civilization, with writing dating back as far as 3100 B.C. Its extensive poetic literature was lost for nearly two millennia; rediscovery and decipherment of the ancient writings began in the nineteenth century. Black is fully aware of the difficulties of applying modern literary methods to the study of ancient literature, emphasizing theoretical problems that arise from contemporary expectations of a unitary text. Looking closely at the imagery in the Lugalbanda poems, Black perceives in them a rich and sophisticated poetic imagination and technique, which, far from being in any sense "primitive," are so complex as to resist modern literary analysis.

Author : Jeremy A. Black
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 444 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0199296332

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The Literature of Ancient Sumer by Jeremy A. Black Pdf

Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5,000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. This is a comprehensive collection.

Author : Thorkild Jacobsen
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1987-01-01
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 0300072783

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The Harps that Once-- by Thorkild Jacobsen Pdf

Sumerian, the oldest language known, is represented by hundreds of thousands of clay tablets inscribed in the cuneiform writing system. Most of the tablets are devoted to mundane matters- ration lists, annual accounts, deeds, contracts- but a substantial number contain examples of perhaps the earliest poetry extant. In this volume, the eminent Assyriologist Thorkild Jacobsen presents translations of some of these ancient poems, including a number of compositions that have never before been published in translation. "What a wonderful bouquet; a gift to us all from a master Sumeriologist, a singer of human achievement, and a lover of words. Jacobsen needs no introduction and this work is special, and should be found in the home of all human and literate persons. It gives access to the mind of ancient Mesopotamia in a manner rarely duplicated heretofore ... Jacobsen has chosen widely from Sumer's rich literature- myth, epics, hymns, boasts, epithalamia, love songs, lamentations, fables- nad has presented us with perspective renderings". Jack M. Sasson, Religious Studies Review.

Author : Enheduanna,Betty De Shong Meador
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0292752423

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Inanna, Lady of Largest Heart by Enheduanna,Betty De Shong Meador Pdf

Around 2,300 BC Enheduanna was high priestess to the moon god Nanna at his temple in Ur, a position she held for almost forty years. This volume translates Enheduanna's three devotional poems to the goddess Inanna accompanied by an extensive commentary and discussion which places these highly personal and unique expressions within the context of Sumerian culture and religion. The author highlights the importance of the poems and the princess for our understanding of the place of women in Near Eastern society and religion.

Author : C.J. Gadd
Publisher : Рипол Классик
Page : 201 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1924
Category : History
ISBN : 9785873153022

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A Sumerian Reading-Book by C.J. Gadd Pdf

Author : Enheduanna,Betty De Shong Meador
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Music
ISBN : UOM:39015080898144

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Princess, Priestess, Poet by Enheduanna,Betty De Shong Meador Pdf

Living in 2300 BCE, Sumerian high priestess Enheduanna became the first author of historical record by signing her name to a collection of hymns written for forty-two temples throughout the southern half of ancient Mesopotamia, the civilization now known as Sumer. Each of her hymns confirmed to the worshipers in each city the patron deity's unique character and significance. The collected hymns became part of the literary canon of the remarkable Sumerian culture and were copied by scribes in the temples for hundreds of years after Enheduanna's death. Betty De Shong Meador offers here the first collection of original translations of all forty-two hymns along with a lengthy examination of the relevant deity and city, as well as an analysis of the verses themselves. She introduces the volume with discussions of Sumerian history and mythology, as well as with what is known about Enheduanna, thought to be the first high priestess to the moon god Nanna, and daughter of Sargon, founder of one of the first empires in human history.

Author : J. Blake Couey,Elaine T James
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018-08-30
Category : Bibles
ISBN : 9781107156203

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Biblical Poetry and the Art of Close Reading by J. Blake Couey,Elaine T James Pdf

Explores the aesthetic dimensions of biblical poetry, offering close readings of poems across the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament.

Author : A. R. Ammons
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1987-06-17
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 9781324003762

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Sumerian Vistas: Poems by A. R. Ammons Pdf

Ammons's poetic genius has always been at home in forms ranging from brief lyrics to longer works. In the present volume—the first since his highly acclaimed Lake Effect Country—readers will find superb examples of work in both forms. "The Ridge Farm," which begins the book, and "Tombstones," at its center, are fine longer meditations, while "Motion's Holdings," the concluding section, contains a number of his best new shorter poems. The book is proof, once again, that Ammons is one of our major American poets.

Author : Thorkild Jacobsen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:883803953

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The Harps that Once-- by Thorkild Jacobsen Pdf

Author : Scott C. Jones
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 314 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 9783110214772

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Rumors of Wisdom by Scott C. Jones Pdf

This study brings together literary and philological criticism to offer a reading of Job 28 as poetry. The heart of the study consists of two major sections. The first is an interpretation of the poem against the heroic deeds of ancient kings described in Mesopotamian royal narratives, especially the Gilgamesh epic. The second is a thorough philological and textual commentary which employs an aesthetic rationale for restoring the text of the poem as a work of art. The study reveals a multileveled masterpiece whose complexity impacts how one reads Job 28 as poetry and theology.

Author : Adele Berlin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : UOM:39015032279260

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Enmerkar and Ensuhkešdanna by Adele Berlin Pdf

Author : Samuel Noah Kramer
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 386 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2010-09-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226452326

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The Sumerians by Samuel Noah Kramer Pdf

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 : R. Campbell Thompson
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2022-10-26
Category : Foreign Language Study
ISBN : 1015427928

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The Epic of Gilgamish by R. Campbell Thompson Pdf

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