Cohen, Yoram, 1968-

Wisdom from the late Bronze Age [electronic resource] / by Yor am Cohen ; edited by Andrew R. George. - Atlanta : Society of Biblical Literature, c2013. - xvii, 254 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm. - Writings from the ancient world ; no. 29 . - Writings from the ancient world ; no. 34. ACLS Humanities E-Book. .

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.


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Assyro-Babylonian literature.
Wisdom literature-- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Akkadian language-- Texts.
Assyro-Babylonian literature-- Translations into English.