| The Babylonian Disputation Poems: With Editions of the Series of the Poplar, Palm and Vine, the Series of the Spider, and the Story of the Poor, Forlo Contributor(s): Jiménez, Enrique (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004336257 ISBN-13: 9789004336254 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $197.60 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: February 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Poetry | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - History | Ancient - General - History | Europe - General |
| Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 6" W x 9.3" (2.00 lbs) 544 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: In The Babylonian Disputation Poems Enrique Jim nez studies a group of ancient Babylonian poems that feature discussions between animals and trees. Using intertextual parallels and comparison with similar works in other literatures, he espouses a new classification of the Babylonian disputation poems as parodies. After examining neighboring traditions of literary disputation, he argues that the Babylonian poems influenced them, and that some may have been translated from Akkadian to Aramaic, from Aramaic and Syriac to Arabic. In addition, The Babylonian Disputation Poems provides editions of several previously unpublished Babylonian disputations, such as Palm and Vine and the Series of the Spider. It also offers the first edition of the latest known Babylonian fable, The Story of the Poor, Forlorn Wren. "The present book is an exemplary model for editing and commenting upon ancient texts, and almost every approach has been taken into account." -Markham J. Geller, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019) |