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

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Writings from the ancient world ; no. 29 | Writings from the ancient world ; no. 34. | ACLS Humanities E-BookPublication details: Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2013.Description: xvii, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cmSubject(s): Additional physical formats: No titleOnline resources:
Contents:
Part I : Introduction -- A general overview of the compositions and their sources -- Definitions and approaches -- The historical and socia l contexts -- The archaeological and archival contexts -- The curricula r context: the place and role of wisdom literature within the Scribal-s chool 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 f rom Hattusa -- An Akkadian-Hurian bilingual proverb extract -- Proverbs and proverbial sayings in letters: the Mari letters and late Bronze Ag e correspondence.
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Publisher's website (http://www.sbl-site.org/assets/pdfs/pubs/061534 P.pdf) indicates that the correct series number for this text is 34.

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

Part I : Introduction -- A general overview of the compositions and their sources -- Definitions and approaches -- The historical and socia l contexts -- The archaeological and archival contexts -- The curricula r context: the place and role of wisdom literature within the Scribal-s chool 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 f rom Hattusa -- An Akkadian-Hurian bilingual proverb extract -- Proverbs and proverbial sayings in letters: the Mari letters and late Bronze Ag e correspondence.

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.

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