Essays on Babylonian and biblical literature and religion
| 1. Verfasser: |
Abusch, I. Tzvi
, [VerfasserIn]
|
|---|---|
| Ort/Verlag/Jahr: |
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2020.
|
| Umfang/Format: |
xxiii, 379 pages ; 25 cm. |
| Schriftenreihe: |
Harvard Semitic studies ;
no. 65. |
| Schlagworte: | |
| Parallelausgabe: |
Abusch, I. Tzvi., Essays on Babylonian and biblical literature and religion (Online version:) | ISSN: 9789004435186 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- Mesopotamian religion
- Magic in Mesopotamia
- Sacrifice in Mesopotamia
- Ghost and god : some observations on a Babylonian understanding of human
- Etemmu
- Ištar
- Marduk
- Prayers, hymns, and incantations : Mesopotamia
- The promise to praise the god in šuilla prayers
- The form and meaning of a Babylonian prayer to Marduk
- The form and history of a Babylonian prayer to Nabû
- A paean and petition to a god of death : some comments on a šuilla to Nergal
- The reconciliation of angry personal gods : a revision of the šuillas
- Two versions of a šuilla to Gula
- Fortune and misfortune of the individual : some observations on the sufferer's plaint in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi II 12-32
- Kingship in ancient Mesopotamia : the case of Enūma eliš
- Some observations on the Babylon section of Enūma eliš
- Biblical accounts of prehistory : their meaning and formation
- Two passages in the biblical account of prehistory
- Jonah and God : plants, beasts, and humans in the book of Jonah (an essay in interpretation)
- Alaktu and Halakhah : oracular decision, divine revelation
- Blood in Israel and Mesopotamia
- Cultures in contact : ancient Near Eastern and Jewish magic
- A shepherd's bulla and an owner's receipt : a pair of matching texts in the Harvard Semitic Museum
- "He should continue to bear the penalty of that case" : some observations on Codex Ḫammurabi [double section symbol]3-4 and [section symbol]13.
