Riches Hidden in Secret Places
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Riches Hidden in Secret Places

Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen

  1. 362 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Riches Hidden in Secret Places

Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen

About this book

Providing a scholar's salute to a teacher, colleague, and friend, the contributors of this new volume honor the memory of Thorkild Jacobsen with essays on Mesopotamian history, culture, literature, and religion. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, John Huehnergard, Bendt Alster, Jeremy Black, Miguel Civil, Jerrold S. Cooper, M. J. Geller, Stephen A. Geller, Samuel Greengus, William W. Hallo, Wolfgang Heimpel, Jacob Klein, W. G. Lambert, Jack M. Sasson, Ake W. Sjoberg, Piotr Steinkeller, H. L. J. Vanstiphout, and Claus Wilcke.

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Information

Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2002
Print ISBN
9781575060613
eBook ISBN
9781575065335
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Front Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Copyright Page
  4. Contents
  5. Preface
  6. Bibliography
  7. Appreciation
  8. Thorkild Jacobsenā€™s Danish Academic Background
  9. Chapter 1: The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony MalqĆ»: Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part I
  10. Chapter 2: ilÅ« awÄ«lum : we-e i-la, ā€œGods : Menā€ versus ā€œMan : Godā€ Punni g and the Reve sal of Patterns in the Atrahasis Epic
  11. Chapter 3: The Sumerians in Their Landscape
  12. Chapter 4: The Forerunners of MarĆ» and įøŖamį¹­u in Old Babylonian
  13. Chapter 5: Buddies in Babylonia: Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and Mesopotamian Homosexuality
  14. Chapter 6: The Free Library Inanna Prism Reconsidered
  15. Chapter 7: Wisdom, Nature and Piety in Some Biblical Psalms
  16. Chapter 8: Redefining ā€œInchoate Marriageā€ in Old Babylonian Contexts
  17. Chapter 9: A Model Court Case Concerning Inheritance
  18. Chapter 10: The Lady of Girsu
  19. Chapter 11: izuzzum and itūlum
  20. Chapter 12: A New Look at the ā€œOppression of Uruk" Episode in the GilgameÅ” Epic
  21. Chapter 13: A Rare Exorcistic Fragment
  22. Chapter 14: The Burden of Scribes
  23. Chapter 15: In the Beginning
  24. Chapter 16: Archaic City Seals and the Question of Early Babylonian Unity
  25. Chapter 17: Sanctus Lugalbanda
  26. Chapter 18: Der Kodex Urnamma (CU): Versuch einer Rekonstruktion