An Introduction to Akkadian Literature : : Contexts and Content / / Alan Lenzi.
This book initiates the reader into the study of Akkadian literature from ancient Babylonia and Assyria. With this one relatively short volume, the novice reader will develop the literary competence necessary to read and interpret Akkadian texts in translation and will gain a broad familiarity with...
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| Place / Publishing House: | University Park, PA : : Penn State University Press, , [2021] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2021 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (264 p.) :; 21 illustrations |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Prologue
- Introduction
- Akkadian: Linguistic, Geographical, and Chronological Parameters
- An Overview of the Textual Record
- Chapter 1. Prolegomena to the Study of Akkadian Literature
- Introduction
- Tablets: From Excavation to Translation
- Scribes: Contextualizing Literary Production
- Compositions: General Issues
- Audiences: Who Read These Texts?
- Chapter 2. Survey of Selected Text Groups
- Introduction
- Mythological and Heroic Epics
- Legends of Akkadian Kings
- Historiographical Texts
- Legal and Political Documents
- Divination: Deductive and Intuitive
- Other Scholarly Texts
- Prayers, Incantations, Incantation- Prayers, Laments, and Hymns
- Meditations on Human Suffering and the Divine
- Proverbs, Advice, Dialogues, and Debates
- Satire, Parody, and Humor
- Conclusion: The Future of Akkadian Literature
- Bibliography
- Index