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, Forlorn Wren (Hardcover)

In The Babylonian Disputation Poems Enrique Jimenez 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 In addition, The Babylonian Disputation Poems provides editions of several previously unpublished Babylonian disputations, such as Palm and Vine and the Series of the Spider.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)

General

Imprint:	Brill
Country of origin:	Netherlands
Series:	Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 87
Release date:	February 2017
First published:	2017
Authors:	Enrique Jimenez
Dimensions:	235 x 155 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	526
ISBN-13:	978-90-04-33625-4
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > Classical, early & medieval Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Poetry & poets > General Promotions
LSN:	90-04-33625-7
Barcode:	9789004336254

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