The world's oldest literature : studies in Sumerian belles-lettres

Author(s)

• Hallo, William W.

Bibliographic Information

The world's oldest literature : studies in Sumerian belles-lettres

by William W. Hallo

（Culture and history of the ancient Near East / edited by B. Halpern ... [et al.], v. 35）

Brill, 2010

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

To propogate the invention of writing, the Sumerians established scribal schools which preserved and transmitted the accumulated wisdom of the past, usually in poetic form. The literature thus created has been studied by the author for half a century. His conclusions, often also important for biblicists, are here assembled in one volume for the first time.

Table of Contents

Part I: Programmatics Part II: Catalogues and Other Scholia Part III: Royal and Divine Hymns Part IV: Letter-Prayers Part V: Royal Correspondence Part VI: Historiography Part VII: Myths and Epics Part VIII: Proverbs Part IX: Incantations Part X: Sumerian Literature and the Bible

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Details

• NCID: BB15969228
• ISBN:
  • 9789004173811
• LCCN: 2009003310
• Country Code: ne
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Leiden ; Boston
• Pages/Volumes: xxxii, 766 p.
• Size: 25 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PJ4045
  • DC22 : 899/.9509
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Sumerian literature -- History and criticism
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA48006542