Babylonian Wisdom Literature
Wilfred G. Lambert
This classic work has served students of Akkadian literature as a useful sourcebook and as a model publication for the study of a specific corpus of cuneiform literature. These timeless proverbs, instructive precepts, and ancient fables demonstrate a rich heritage in the Mesopotamian development of this genre. Lambert’s focused collection also provides scholars with a unique comparative reference for those studying biblical wisdom literature. An Eisenbrauns classic reprint.
- Description
- Table of Contents
GENERAL BIBLIOGRAPHY
ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES
CITATIONS FROM AKKADIAN TEXTS
TIME CHART
1. INTRODUCTION ESSAY: The Development of Thought and Literature in Ancient Mesopotamia
2. THE POEM OF THE RIGHTEOUS SUFFERER—Ludlul bel nemeqi
Introduction
Literature
Text and Translation
3. THE BABYLONIAN THEODICY
Introduction
Literature
Text and Translation
A Fragment of a Similar Work
4. PRECEPTS AND ADMONITIONS
(i) Instructions of Suruppak
(ii) Counsels of Wisdom
(iii) Counsels of a Pessimist
(iv) Advice to a Prince
(v) Varia
all with Introduction
Literature
Text and Translation
5. PRECEPTIVE HYMNS
(i) A Bilingual Hymn to Ninurta
(ii) The Samas Hymn
each with Introduction
Literature
Text and Translation
6. THE DIALOGUE OF PESSIMISM
Introduction
Literature
Text and Translation
7. FABLES OR CONTEST LITERATURE
(i) The Tamarisk and the Palm
(ii) The Fable of the Willow
(iii) Nisaba and Wheat
(iv) The Ox and the Horse
(v) The Fable of the Fox
(vi) The Fable of the Riding-donkey
(vii) Varia
all with Introduction
Literature
Text and Translation
8. POPULAR SAYINGS
Introduction
Literature
Text and Translation
9. PROVERBS
(i) Bilingual Proverbs
(ii) Babylonian Proverbs
Texts and Translations interspersed with Introductions, Literature, and Comments
CRITICAL AND PHILOLOGICAL NOTES ON CHAPTERS 2-8
ADDENDA
INDEX OF PUBLISHED TEXTS
INDEX OF WORDS DISCUSSED
LIST OF CUNEIFORM TABLETS
CUNEIFORM TEXTS
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