Babylonian Wisdom Literature

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Eisenbrauns, 1996 - Literary Criticism - 358 pages
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This classic work has served students of Akkadian literature as a useful sourcebook and as a model publication for the study of a specific corpus of cuneiform literature. These timeless proverbs, instructive precepts, and ancient fables demonstrate a rich heritage in the Mesopotamian development of this genre. Lambert's focused collection also provides scholars with a unique comparative reference for those studying biblical wisdom literature. An Eisenbrauns classic reprint.

 

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This book demonstrates the Babylonian originals of the biblical books of Job, Proverbs and Ecclesiates, and the author makes a convincing case for the derivation of these biblical books from their ... Read full review

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Million thanks to persons and organizations that published this wonderful book in print and in internet-friendly version. I advise every person that has some knowledge of the English language -- to read parts of this book often, especially the text at page 61 of the Righteous Sufferer; I am unable to detect if there are inaccuracies in the translation from the cuneiform writing of this text into English, inasmuch as I have not been able to master the cuneiform writing to that high level, but the English translation of this text is very pleasant to read. This work of Wilfred G. Lambert is great and deserves to be praised with most lofty phrases. Eisebrauns Publishers have done great work for republishing this book. Google Books is great for choosing this book.
Dr. Natela Borisovna POPKHADZE, Head of the Scholarly Information Center at Phassis National Academy in Tbilisi. 

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Contents

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Babylonian Wisdom Literature
W. G. Lambert
Snippet view - 1960
Babylonian Wisdom Literature
W. G. Lambert
Snippet view - 1960
Babylonian wisdom literature
W. G. Lambert
Snippet view - 1960

Common terms and phrases

a-na a-na-ku A. L. Oppenheim Akkadian alpu Amorite an-nu-u appears Asarhaddon Ashurbanipal at-ta Babylon be-li Bilingual Proverbs Borger Cassite period colophon column Commentary connexion context copy Counsels of Wisdom dingir dsamas Dynasty Dynasty of Babylon Ebeling edited Enlil Epic Esarhaddon exercise tablet Fable of Fox Falkenstein fragment Gilgames gods Handerhebung Harra i-na incantation it-ti JNES ki-i ki-ma king Landsberger Late Babylonian literary LITERATURE TEXT lu-u Ludlul 11 Malku-sarru manuscripts MAOG Marduk Meissner Mesopotamia Middle Assyrian MVAG Ninurta Nippur Nisaba nisimei OBVERSE occurs OECT Old Babylonian omens pa-an Palm passage phrase Plate reading restored REVERSE Samas Hymn scribe Semitic Sippar slave Soden STVC 3+4 su-ut sufferer Sultantepe Sumerian Collection summa Summa izbu Tamarisk Theodicy traces translation Tukulti-Ninurta Epic variant verb word writer x x x

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TitleBabylonian Wisdom Literature
AuthorWilfred G. Lambert
EditorWilfred G. Lambert
Editionillustrated, reprint
PublisherEisenbrauns, 1996
ISBN0931464943, 9780931464942
Length358 pages
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