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Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society: Presented to Marten Stol on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday - Hardcover
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This book examines the outlook of the ancient Mesopotamians in such areas as their religious values; views on death and burial, health and healing, and scholarship. Specific topics discussed include the heavenly constellations, the historian Berossus, magic and witchcraft, the clergy, the legend of Adapa, and much more.
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- PublisherEisenbrauns
- Publication date2008
- ISBN 10 1934309184
- ISBN 13 9781934309186
- BindingHardcover
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages342
- EditorVan Der Spek R. J.
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Studies in Ancient Near Eastern World View and Society : Presented to Marten Stol on the Occasion of his 65th Birthday.
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Bethesda, CDL-Press, 2008
ISBN 10: 1934309184
ISBN 13: 9781934309186
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Hardcover. Condition: Sehr gut. 1. Auflage. XXIV + 318 pages, hardcover. fine. - - Contents: Bert van der Spek: Marten Stol's Scholarship. - The Publications of Marten Stol. - - Religious Views and Values: Jack session: Another Wrinkle on Old Adapa. - Walter Farber: "Reiß aus, Übel. Komm herein, Wohlstand!". - Jovan Bilbija: Interpreting the Interpretation: Protasis-Apodosis-Strings in the Physiognomic Omen Series Summa alamdimmu 3.76-132. - Dietrich/Loretz: Die apotropäische Sphinx Ald=Alad auf dem Siegelamulett aus Ugarit RS 25.188. - Karel van der Toorn: Votive Texts and Letter-Prayers: Writing as Devotional Practice. - M.J.H. Linssen: Unpublished Fragments from the Burning Ritual Series (Surpu) from the British Museum. - - Views on Death: Tzvi Abusch: The Witch's Messages: Witchcraft, Omens and Voodoo-death in Ancient Mesopotamia. - Dominique Charpin: "Le roi est mort, vive le roi!" Les funérailles des souverains amorrites el l'avènement de leur successeur. - Klaas R. Veenhof: The Death and Burial of Ishtar-lamassi in Karum Kanish. - Klaas Spronk: The Delicate Balance between Life and Death: Some Remarks on the Place of Mot in the Religion of Ugarit. - - Institutional Values: Karel Van Lerberghe: The Clergy and the Religious Institutions of Nippur in the Late Old Babylonian Period. - M. Tanret: Find the Tablet-box: New Aspects of Archive-Keeping in Old Babylonian Sippar-Amnanum. - - Health and Healing: Geller/Wiggermann: Duplicating Akkadian Magic. - Nils P. Heeßel: Warzen, Beulen und Narben. Eine Sammlung medizinischer Rezepte und physiognomischer Beobachtungen aus Assur gegen Gesichtsmale. - Theo J.H. Krispijn: Music and Healing for Someone Far Away from Home : HS 1556, a Remarkable Ur III Incantation, Revisited. - JoAnn Scurlock: Some Mesopotamian Medicine for a Greek Headache. - - Learning: F.A.M. Wiggermann: A Babylonian Scholar in Assur. - William W. Hallo: MUL.APIN and the Names of Constellations. - Wilfred van Soldt: The Ugarit Version of Syllabary A. - R.J. van der Spek: Berossus as a Babylonian Chronicler and Greek Historian. Seller Inventory # 02575
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