Babylonian Disputation Poems : With Editions of the Series of the Poplar, Pal...

by Enrique Jiménez

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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 by Jiménez, Enrique, ISBN 9004336257, ISBN-13 9789004336254, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US In ancient Mesopotamia, a genre of poems recorded arguments presented by two speakers trying to establish their pre-eminence over each other. The speakers in these disputation poems are not human but animals, plants, and other usually inarticulate beings who compete with each other by means of elaborate, playful, and more often than not flawed arguments. The genre survived from the 18th century BCE (Hoe and Plow)to the early 20th century (Railway and Telegraph). Jiménez here publishes a selection of recently identified manuscripts from Babylon, providing variously photographs, transcriptions of the cuneiform, transliteration into Latin script, and English translation. Annotation ©2017 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()

• Publisher: Brill
• Year: 2017
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9789004336254
• Condition: Fine

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