Literary Criticism Ancient & Classical
Babylonian Historical-Literary Texts
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Initial publish date
- Dec 1975
- Category
- Ancient & Classical, Cultural, General
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781487597856
- Publish Date
- Dec 1975
- List Price
- $15.95
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781487599249
- Publish Date
- Dec 1975
- List Price
- $20.95
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Description
Early Assyriologists were lured to Babylonian studies by the light which cuneiform text shed on ancient history and the Bible, and for later scholars this is still the attraction. The Age of Discovery is not past, and one can still read literature that has been unseen by the eyes of man for millennia. There are myriads of tablets lying in the ancient ruins of Iraq, Iran, Syria, and Turkey, waiting for the excavator's spade; in museums there are quantities of inscriptions that have not yet been made public.
About the author
A. Kirk Grayson is a professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the University of Toronto.
