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Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : Wayne State University Press |
Total Pages | : 260 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9780814321218 |
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Samuel Noah Kramer is the leading authority on the interpretation and reading of civilization's oldest literature. His life and life's work are so thoroughly intertwined that his autobiography is also the story of the recovery of the language and literature of the Sumerians. From young Talmudist to the patriarch of Sumerology, Kramer recountshis long and distinguished career. Writing for the non-specialist, he paints a panoramic view of Sumerian literature and provides thumbnail sketches of the individuals with whom he collaborated.
Author | : Harriet Crawford |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 936 |
Release | : 2013-08-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1136219110 |
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The Sumerian World explores the archaeology, history and art of southern Mesopotamia and its relationships with its neighbours from c.3,000 - 2,000BC. Including material hitherto unpublished from recent excavations, the articles are organised thematically using evidence from archaeology, texts and the natural sciences. This broad treatment will also make the volume of interest to students looking for comparative data in allied subjects such as ancient literature and early religions. Providing an authoritative, comprehensive and up to date overview of the Sumerian period written by some of the best qualified scholars in the field, The Sumerian World will satisfy students, researchers, academics, and the knowledgeable layperson wishing to understand the world of southern Mesopotamia in the third millennium.
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 386 |
Release | : 2010-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0226452328 |
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The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them. Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world. "There are few scholars in the world qualified to write such a book, and certainly Kramer is one of them. . . . One of the most valuable features of this book is the quantity of texts and fragments which are published for the first time in a form available to the general reader. For the layman the book provides a readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture. For the specialist it presents a synthesis with which he may not agree but from which he will nonetheless derive stimulation."—American Journal of Archaeology "An uncontested authority on the civilization of Sumer, Professor Kramer writes with grace and urbanity."—Library Journal
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1961 |
Genre | : Civilization, Ancient |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Jeremy A. Black |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 444 |
Release | : 2004 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780199296330 |
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Sumerian is the oldest written language of ancient Iraq, first written down some 5,000 years ago. Its literature, encompassing narrative myths, lyrical hymns, proverbs and love poetry, provides a stimulating insight into the world's first urban civilization. This is a comprehensive collection.
Author | : SAMUEL NOAH KRAMER |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 398 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : Doubleday Books |
Total Pages | : 306 |
Release | : 1959 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
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History Begins at Sumer is the classic account of the achievements of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq during the third millennium B.C. They were the developers of the cuneiform system of writing, perhaps their greatest contribution to civilization, which allowed laws and literature to be recorded for the first time.
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 283 |
Release | : 2020-08-18 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 1725282895 |
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This ambitious and well-researched study brings together for the first time translations of the ancient literature concerning the Sumerian god Enki, one of four gods and goddesses who comprised the highest level of the Sumerian pantheon. The very existence of these writings, which date from the Third Millennium B.C., was unknown until about 100 years ago, when their cuneiform script was deciphered. Since then, it has become apparent that Sumerian literature had a profound and enduring influence on both Biblical and classical Greek literature, and so on the literature of the western world as a whole. Kramer, one of the world's leading sumerologists, has prepared these translations from among the scores of works he has published over the last fifty years; John Maier provides a full interpretive framework that places the translations in their broader comparative cultural context. This rare collection will be of interest to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines from Near Eastern and Biblical Studies to Mythology and Comparative Literature.
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : Univ of California Press |
Total Pages | : 110 |
Release | : 2023-11-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0520332725 |
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This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1979.
Author | : Samuel Noah Kramer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 194 |
Release | : 1944 |
Genre | : Mythology, Sumerian |
ISBN | : |
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