Author: John H. MarksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Death
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Love and Death in the Ancient Near East
Author: John H. MarksLove & Death in the Ancient Near East
Author: John Henry MarksPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Family & Relationships
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
Between Woman, Man and God
Author: Hagith SivanPublisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 9780567080554
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
According to the demands of the Decalogue, manhood entails the avoidance of stealing, killing, and coveting, not to mention apostasy and violation of the Sabbath and other men's property. What, then, would be the essence of womanhood, if different? By selecting female characters' narratives as interpretative clues for the "law," this book presents a legal, behavioral, and representational reading of the Decalogue. Beginning with an analysis of the legal contents of each Commandment through allied legal texts which relate to women and to the feminine, each chapter continues with an investigation of the ways in which the activities of the female and male protagonists of select narratives elucidate the range of Commandments.
Dictionary of the Ancient Near East
Author: Piotr BienkowskiPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 9780812235579
Category : Iraq
Languages : en
Pages : 364
Book Description
An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization.
Laylī and Majnūn
Author: Ali Asghar Seyed-GohrabPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004492437
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 384
Book Description
This book is the first comprehensive analysis of Nezāmī's romance Laylī and Majnūn (1188). It examines key themes such as chastity, constancy and suffering through an analysis of the main characters. Majnūn's asceticism, kingship, love-madness, poetic genius, ill-fate, and love-death are treated in separate chapters. The patriarchal society in which Laylī lives, her anxieties and dilemmas, incarceration, secret love, imposed marriage and finally her death are discussed in detail. One chapter is devoted entirely to the different ways parents raise their children and the consequences. Finally, the book gives an analysis of Nezāmī's style, the narrative structure of the romance and the symbolism of time and setting.
When Heroes Love
Author: Susan AckermanPublisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231132603
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 374
Book Description
Toward the end of the Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh King, Gilgamesh laments the untimely death of his comrade Enkidu, 'my friend whom I loved dearly'. This book examines the stories' sexual and homoerotic language and suggests that its ambiguity provides fresh ways of understanding ideas of gender and sexuality in the ancient Near East.
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Author: Maureen Gallery KovacsPublisher: Stanford University Press
ISBN: 9780804717113
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
Since the discovery over one hundred years ago of a body of Mesopotamian poetry preserved on clay tablets, what has come to be known as the Epic of Gilgamesh has been considered a masterpiece of ancient literature. It recounts the deeds of a hero-king of ancient Mesopotamia, following him through adventures and encounters with men and gods alike. Yet the central concerns of the Epic lie deeper than the lively and exotic story line: they revolve around a man’s eternal struggle with the limitations of human nature, and encompass the basic human feelings of lonliness, friendship, love, loss, revenge, and the fear of oblivion of death. These themes are developed in a distinctly Mesopotamian idiom, to be sure, but with a sensitivity and intensity that touch the modern reader across the chasm of three thousand years. This translation presents the Epic to the general reader in a clear narrative.
Love & Death in the Ancient Near East
Author: John Henry MarksPublisher:
ISBN: 9780931500053
Category : Bible
Languages : en
Pages : 258
Book Description
Fictional Akkadian Autobiography
Author: Tremper LongmanPublisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9780931464416
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
That autobiography in ancient literature is fictional has long been recognized. The purpose of Longman's study is to delineate the genre of fictional autobiography in Akkadian texts with similar texts from other ancient Near Eastern cultures. Included are the texts of all relevant fictional Akkadian autobiographies, as well as an appendix containing English translations of them. The results of the study are of interest to Assyriologists, but also have implications for students of comparative literature and the Bible.
Song of Songs
Author: J. Cheryl ExumPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664221904
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
This original commentary foregrounds at every turn the poetic genius of the Song of Songs, one of the most elusive texts of the Hebrew Bible. J. Cheryl Exum locates that genius in the way the Song not only tells but shows its readers that love is strong as death, thereby immortalizing love, as well as in the way the poet explores the nature of love by a mature sensitivity to how being in love is different for the woman and the man. Many long-standing conundrums in the interpretation of the book are offered persuasive solutions in Exum's verse by verse exegesis. The Old Testament Library provides fresh and authoritative treatments of important aspects of Old Testament study through commentaries and general surveys. The contributors are scholars of international standing.