Riches Hidden in Secret Places: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen

Published by Penn State University Press 2002

Riches Hidden in Secret Places

Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen

Edited by: Tzvi Abusch

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781575065335

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Providing a scholar’s salute to a teacher, colleague, and friend, the contributors of this new volume honor the memory of Thorkild Jacobsen with essays on Mesopotamian history, culture, literature, and religion. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, John Huehnergard, Bendt Alster, Jeremy Black, Miguel Civil, Jerrold S. Cooper, M. J. Geller, Stephen A. Geller, Samuel Greengus, William W. Hallo, Wolfgang Heimpel, Jacob Klein, W. G. Lambert, Jack M. Sasson, Ake W. Sjoberg, Piotr Steinkeller, H. L. J. Vanstiphout, and Claus Wilcke.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Preface Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Bibliography of Thorkild Jacobsen Tzvi Abusch and John Huehnergard Publicly Available Download PDF	ix
Thorkild Jacobsen: An Appreciation Tzvi Abusch Publicly Available Download PDF	xix
Thorkild Jacobsen’s Danish Academic Background Bendt Alster Publicly Available Download PDF	xxv
The Socio-Religious Framework of the Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlû : Some Observations on the Introductory Section of the Text, Part I Tzvi Abusch Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
ilu awilum : we-e i-la , “Gods : Men” versus “Man : God” Punning and the Reversal of Patterns in the Atrahasis Epic Bendt Alster Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	35
The Sumerians in Their Landscape Jeremy Black Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	41
The Forerunners of Marû and Hamtu in Old Babylonian Miguel Civil Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	63
Buddies in Babylonia: Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and Mesopotamian Homosexuality Jerrold S. Cooper Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	73
The Free Library Inanna Prism Reconsidered M. J. Geller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	87
Wisdom, Nature and Piety in Some Biblical Psalms Stephen A. Geller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	101
Redefining “Inchoate Marriage” in Old Babylonian Contexts Samuel Greengus Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	123
A Model Court Case Concerning Inheritance William W. Hallo Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	141
The Lady of Girsu Wolfgang Heimpel Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
izuzzum and itulum John Huehnergard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	161
A New Look at the “Oppression of Uruk” Episode in the Gilgame s Epic Jacob Klein Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	187
A Rare Exorcistic Fragment W. G. Lambert Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	203
The Burden of Scribes Jack M. Sasson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	211
In the Beginning Åke W. Sjöberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	229
Archaic City Seals and the Question of Early Babylonian Unity Piotr Steinkeller Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	249
Sanctus Lugalbanda H. L. J. Vanstiphout Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	259
Der Kodex Urnamma (CU): Versuch einer Rekonstruktion Claus Wilcke Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	291

Language: English
Publisher: Penn State University Press
Audience: Professional and scholarly;
Pages
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Published: June 23, 2002
ISBN: 9781575065335