Research Catalog

Title

Wisdom from the late Bronze Age [electronic resource] / by Yoram Cohen ; edited by Andrew R. George.

Author

Cohen, Yoram, 1968-

Publication

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2013.

Details

Additional Authors

• George, A. R.
• American Council of Learned Societies.

Found In

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org

Description

xvii, 254 p. : ill., maps; 23 cm.

Series Statement

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 29

Uniform Title

• Writings from the ancient world ; no. 34.
• ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Subject

• Assyro-Babylonian literature
• Wisdom literature > Criticism, interpretation, etc
• Akkadian language > Texts
• Assyro-Babylonian literature > Translations into English

Note

• Publisher's website (http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/061534P.pdf) indicates that the correct series number for this text is 34.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and indexes.

Reproduction (note)

• Electronic text and image data.

Contents

Part I : Introduction -- A general overview of the compositions and their sources -- Definitions and approaches -- The historical and social contexts -- The archaeological and archival contexts -- The curricular context: the place and role of wisdom literature within the Scribal-school curriculum. Part II : Late bronze age wisdom compositions -- Sima milka, or The instructions of Supe-ameli -- The ballad of early rulers -- Enlil and Namzitarra -- The righteous sufferer, or A hymn to Marduk from Ugarit -- The date palm and the Tamarisk -- Proverb collections from Hattusa -- An Akkadian-Hurian bilingual proverb extract -- Proverbs and proverbial sayings in letters: the Mari letters and late Bronze Age correspondence.

OCLC

(dli)HEB32031

Author

Cohen, Yoram, 1968-

Title

Wisdom from the late Bronze Age [electronic resource] / by Yoram Cohen ; edited by Andrew R. George.

Imprint

Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2013.

Series

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 29

Writings from the ancient world ; no. 34.

ACLS Humanities E-Book.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and indexes.

Reproduction

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2014. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([Writings from the ancient world]) ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.

Connect to:

Available from home with a valid library card and onsite at NYPL

Added Author

George, A. R.

American Council of Learned Societies.

Found In:

ACLS Humanities E-Book. URL: http://www.humanitiesebook.org/

Other Form:

Original 9781589837539 9781589837751 (DLC) 2013004614