Weapons of words: : intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry : a study of Anzū, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum / / by Selena Wisnom.
In Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry Selena Wisnom offers an in-depth literary study of three poems central to Babylonian culture: Anzû, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum . Fundamentally interconnected, each poem strives to out-do its predecessors and competes to establish...
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| Superior document: | Culture and History of the Ancient Near East; volume106 |
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| Place / Publishing House: | Leiden Boston : : BRILL,, 2020. |
| Year of Publication: | 2020 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Culture and History of the Ancient Near East;
volume106. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (290 pages) |
| Notes: | Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--University of Oxford, 2014. |
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Table of Contents:
- Front Matter
- Copyright Page
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- Allusions in Anzû
- Enūma eliš and Anzû
- Enūma eliš and Atraḫasīs
- Enūma eliš and Lugal-e
- Erra and Išum: Allusions to Anzû and Lugal-e
- Overturning the Old Order: Erra and Išum and Enūma eliš, Atraḫasīs, and Gilgameš
- Erra and Išum and Lamentations
- Conclusion—a Self-Conscious Tradition
- Back Matter
- References
- Indexes.