Download or read book Adapa s Treatise on Sumerian Religion written by Adapa of the The Twin Rivers Rising and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Sumerian Mythology written by Samuel Noah Kramer and published by . This book was released on 2011-06-01 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Toward an Image of Tammuz written by Thorkjld Jacobsen and published by . This book was released on 1970 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Treasures of Darkness written by Thorkild Jacobsen and published by . This book was released on 1976-01-01 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: " ... No one can plausibly deny that the religious development of the peoples of Canaan (and indeed of all the ancient world around the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus river) were affected by the cultural and religious developments in Mesopotamia, the centre of the region, and a fertile region second to none known in the world, on a par with the Nile, around which another major civilization arose. This is a text of history of Mesopotamia in its own right. By the time history gets back this far, the lines become very blurred, rather like parallel lines intersecting on the horizon. Literature, religion, archaeology, sociology, psychology -- all of these disciplines become intertwined in Jacobsen's text as he looks at Sumerian society. The book is organized with an introduction, then according to time divisions of fourth, third, and second millennia, then concludes with an epilogue into the first millennium, during which the Bible as we know it (and most ancient history such as is commonly known occurred) came to be"--Amazon.com.
Download or read book From Adapa to Enoch written by Seth L. Sanders and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book asks what drove the religious visions of ancient scribes. During the first millennium BCE both Babylonian and Judean scribes wrote about and emulated their heroes Adapa and Enoch, who went to heaven to meet their god."--Preface, p. [v].
Download or read book Sumerians written by Captivating History and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-05-02 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Explore the Captivating History of the Sumerians The sheer importance of Sumerian culture in regards to world culture as a whole is impossible to overstate. This civilization is single-handedly responsible for some of the most major innovations in nearly every field relevant to maintaining a civilized society - this includes religion, lawmaking, architecture, schooling, art, literature, and even entertainment. Naturally, most of what we see as negative aspects of society were established in Ancient Sumer as well. There wasn't an aspect of Sumerian life that wasn't plagued with corruption or devastation of one form or another. In other words, the Sumerians gave us both the sublimeness of faith and the rigidness of religious thought coupled with a desire for political supremacy. They gave us both the benevolent, caring monarchs and cruel, punishing tyrants; the educated child and the spoiled brat; the hard-working agrarian and the drunken reveler; and the epic empires as well as the pathetic remnants of them. The Sumerians did it all, and they did it first. Some of the topics and questions covered in this book include: The Ancient Sumerians In a Nutshell The Social Structure of Ancient Sumerians The Religion and Mythology of Ancient Sumerians The Sumerian Kingdoms Chronology The Everyday Life of Ancient Sumerians Sumerian Innovations Sumerian Culture Sumerian "Foreign Policy": Relations with Other Nations And a Great Deal More that You don't Want to Miss out on! Get the book now to learn more about the Sumerians!
Download or read book Ancient Mesopotamian Religion and Mythology written by Wilfred G. Lambert and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The late W.G. Lambert (1926-2011) was one of the foremost Assyriologists of the latter part of the twentieth century. His principle legacy is a large number of superb critical editions of Babylonian literary compositions. Many of the texts he edited were on religious and mythological subjects. He will always be remembered as the editor of the Babylonian Job (Ludlul bel nemeqi, also known as the Poem of the Righteous Sufferer), the Babylonian Flood Story (Atra-hasis) and the Babylonian Creation Epic (Enuma elish). Decades of deep engagement with these and other ancient Mesopotamian texts gave direction to much of his research and led him to acquire a deep knowledge of ancient Mesopotamian religion and mythology. The present book is a collection of twenty-three essays published by the scholar between the years 1958 and 2004. These endure not only as the legacy of one of the greatest authorities in this specialist field, but also because each makes statements of considerable validity and importance. As such, many are milestones in the fields of Mesopotamian religion and mythology.Survey of contentsPreface and Acknowledgements - Introduction by A.R. George I: Introductory ConsiderationsMorals in Mesopotamia - Ancient Mesopotamian Gods: Superstition, Philosophy, Theology II: The Gods of Ancient MesopotamiaThe Historical Development of the Mesopotamian Pantheon: A Study in Sophisticated Polytheism - Goddesses in the Pantheon: A Reflection of Women in Society? - The Mesopotamian Background of the Hurrian Pantheon - The Pantheon of Mari - The God Assur - Ishtar of Nineveh III: The Mythology of Ancient MesopotamiaDer Mythos im Alten Mesopotamien, sein Werden und Vergehen - The Cosmology of Sumer and Babylon - The Theology of Death - The Relationship of Sumerian and Babylonian Myth as Seen in Accounts of Creation - Ninurta Mythology in the Babylonian Epic of Creation - Myth and Ritual as Conceived by the Babylonians IV: The Religion of Ancient MesopotamiaThe Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I: A Turning Point in the History of Ancient Mesopotamian Religion - Syncretism and Religious Controversy in Babylonia - Donations of Food and Drink to the Gods in Ancient Mesopotamia - The Cult of Ishtar of Babylon - The Qualifications of Babylonian Diviners - Devotion: The Languages of Religion and Love V: Ancient Mesopotamia and IsraelOld Testament Mythology in its Ancient Near Eastern Context - Destiny and Divine Intervention in Babylon and Israel - The Flood in Sumerian, Babylonian and Biblical Sources.
Download or read book 4th Dimension Magazine Special Issue of the Year written by Maximillien De Lafayette and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Economy edition. Published by Times Square Press. New York. On the cover Patti Negri the first lady of the occult, and Alan Steinfeld, star of New Realities. Also available in deluxe edition printed in full colors on glossy and heavy stock paper. www.timessquarepress.com
Download or read book 4th DIMENSION MAGAZINE Deluxe Edition in full colors written by Maximillien De Lafayette and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deluxe edition in full colors printed on glossy and heavy stock paper with semi-had cover. Printed by Times Square Press, New York. On the cover, Patti Negri, the first lady of theoccult, and Alan Steinfeld star of New Realities. Also available in Economy edition for $9.00. www.timessquarepress.com
Download or read book 4th Dimension Magazine Economy Edition written by Maximillien De Lafayette and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 4th Dimension Magazine. Economy Edition. Premiere Issue, October 2014. Published by Times Square Press, New York, and Maximillien de Lafayette. Also available in deluxe full colors edition printed on glossy heavy stock paper with semi-hard cover. Website: www.timessquarepress.com
Download or read book 4th Dimension Magazine Deluxe Edition Oct 2014 written by Maximillien De Lafayette and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Deluxe edition, special edition of the Year 2014. Published by Times Square Press, New York. www.timessquarepress.com On the cover Patti Negri the first lady of the occult. Also available in economy edition, $9.00
Download or read book The Sumerian Sacred Marriage in the Light of Comparative Evidence written by Pirjo Lapinkivi and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The primary purpose of this study is to increase understanding of Sumerian sacred marriage by approaching it from a comparative perspective. More generally, it is hoped that the study will illustrate the fruitfulness of the comparative approach for the study of Sumerian religion and royal ideology and that it will prove useful to the other fields of study whose sources were used as the comparative evidence. The comparative evidence includes sources from six different fields of study: Assyriology (first and second millennium love lyrics and rituals), Biblical studies (The Song of Songs), Classics (Graeco-Roman philosophies, Chaldean Oracles), Gnostic studies, Jewish mysticism (Kabbalah) and Indology (Hindu rites and myths). Ancient Egyptian and Ugaritic evidence is also used. Part One of the study presents and analyzes the primary evidence for the Sumerian sacred marriage, starting with the Sumerian love song corpus, also known as the Dumuzi-Inanna (DI) love songs. In addition to the love song corpus, the evidence discussed in Part One includes second millennium literary texts and royal inscriptions referring to a marital relationship between the ruling king and Inanna/Istar. Part Two analyzes and discusses the constituent elements of the Sumerian sacred marriage (the actors of the marriage, and the timing and scene of the related ritual). At this point, some comparison with the parallel material is inevitable. Part Three presents the comparative evidence and a detailed analysis of the thematic elements shared by the different traditions. This section also includes a discussion of the concept of the soul in Mesopotamia and in other parts of the ancient world. Concepts of the Netherworld and afterlife in Mesopotamia are also examined.
Download or read book Ea s Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story written by Martin Worthington and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-29 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume opens up new perspectives on Babylonian and Assyrian literature, through the lens of a pivotal passage in the Gilgamesh Flood story. It shows how, using a nine-line message where not all was as it seemed, the god Ea inveigled humans into building the Ark. The volume argues that Ea used a ‘bitextual’ message: one which can be understood in different ways that sound the same. His message thus emerges as an ambivalent oracle in the tradition of ‘folktale prophecy’. The argument is supported by interlocking investigations of lexicography, divination, diet, figurines, social history, and religion. There are also extended discussions of Babylonian word play and ancient literary interpretation. Besides arguing for Ea’s duplicity, the book explores its implications – for narrative sophistication in Gilgamesh, for audiences and performance of the poem, and for the relation of the Gilgamesh Flood story to the versions in Atra-hasīs, the Hellenistic historian Berossos, and the Biblical Book of Genesis. Ea’s Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story will interest Assyriologists, Hebrew Bible scholars and Classicists, but also students and researchers in all areas concerned with Gilgamesh, word-play, oracles, and traditions about the Flood.
Download or read book Fortress Commentary on the Bible written by Matthew J. M. Coomber and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2015-04-01 with total page 2761 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Fortress Commentary on the Bible: Old Testament and Apocrypha presents a balanced synthesis of current scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. The contributors bring a rich diversity of perspectives to the task of connecting solid historical critical analysis of the Scripture with sensitivity to theological, cultural, and interpretive issues arising in our encounter with the text. The contributors represent a broad array of theological commitmentProtestants, Catholics, Jews, and others. The introductory articles and section introductions in the volume discuss the dramatic challenges that have shaped contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament and Apocrypha. Individual book articles provide an introduction and commentary on key sense units that are explored through the lenses of three critical questions: The text in its ancient context. What did the text probably mean in its original historical and cultural context? The text in the interpretive tradition. How have centuries of reading and interpreting shaped our understanding of the text? The text in contemporary discussion. What are the unique challenges and interpretive questions that arise for readers and hearers of the text today? The result is a commentary that is comprehensive and useful for preaching, teaching, and research.
Download or read book The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia written by Geoffrey William Bromiley and published by William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company. This book was released on 1979 with total page 1100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Volume I of an encyclopedia representing the scholarship of hundreds of evangelical contributors who have prepared articles on virtually every person, place, and term mentioned in the Bible. The encyclopedia is based on the Revised Standard Version, but is cross-referenced so that readers of other versions can easily utilize it.
Download or read book Fortress Commentary on the Bible written by Gale A. Yee and published by Augsburg Fortress Publishers. This book was released on 2014 with total page 1144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents a balanced synthesis of the scholarship, enabling readers to interpret Scripture for a complex and pluralistic world. This book discusses the dramatic challenges that have shaped contemporary interpretation of the Old Testament and Apocrypha.
Download or read book The Historical Writings written by Gale A. Yee and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This concise commentary on the Historical Writings, excerpted from the Fortress Commentary on the Bible: The Old Testament and Apocrypha, engages readers in the work of biblical interpretation. Contributors from a rich diversity of perspectives connect historical-critical analysis with sensitivity to current theological, cultural, and interpretive issues. Introductory articles describe the challenges of reading the Old Testament in ancient and contemporary contexts, relating the biblical theme of “the people of God” to our complex, multicultural world, and reading the Old Testament as Christian Scripture, followed by a survey of “Themes and Perspectives in the Historical Writings.” Each chapter (Joshua through Esther) includes an introduction and commentary on the text through the lenses of three critical questions: The Text in Its Ancient Context. What did the text probably mean in its original historical and cultural context? The Text in the Interpretive Tradition. How have centuries of reading and interpreting shaped our understanding of the text? The Text in Contemporary Discussion. What are the unique challenges and interpretive questions that arise for readers and hearers of the text today? The Historical Writings introduces fresh perspectives and draws students, as well as preachers and
