Life and Thought in the Ancient Near EastUniversity of Michigan Press, 31.08.2007 - 239 Seiten Intended for readers seeking insight into the day-to-day life of some of the world's most ancient peoples, Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East presents brief, fascinating explorations of key aspects of the civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine, Asia Minor, and Iran. With vignettes on agriculture, architecture, crafts and industries, literature, religion, topography, and history, Orlin has created something refreshingly unique: a modern guidebook to an ancient world. The book also reaches out to students of the Ancient Near Eastern World with essays on decipherments, comparative cultural developments between Egypt and Mesopotamia, and language and literature. In addition to general readers, the book will be useful in the classroom as a text supplementing a more conventional introduction to Near Eastern Studies. "Well-written and accessible, Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East deftly connects the past with present experience by drawing out the differences between, for instance, modern churches and ancient temples, and frequently employing biblical references. This simplicity together with connecting contemporary to ancient experience makes the text ideal for freshmen and general readers." Now Professor Emeritus, Louis L. Orlin taught in the department of Ancient Near Eastern History and Literature at the University of Michigan for more than thirty years. He is the author and editor of several books, including Assyrian Colonies in Cappadocia and Ancient Near Eastern Literature: A Bibliography of One Thousand Items on the Cuneiform Literatures of the Ancient World. |
Inhalt
Mesopotamia | 7 |
Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code | 18 |
A Glimpse into Sumerian | 24 |
The Cold Case File of the Historian | 33 |
Egypt | 39 |
On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian Life | 46 |
From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel | 55 |
Athens and Jerusalem | 63 |
Wisdom Literature | 119 |
Landforms Climate and Hydrology | 137 |
The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural | 149 |
Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near | 159 |
Languages and Literature | 183 |
Decipherments | 189 |
The Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment | 197 |
A Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt | 205 |
On Nomads and Nomadism | 69 |
On Chariot Warfare | 80 |
Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties | 89 |
A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia | 96 |
Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth | 112 |
Chronology | 211 |
Notes | 217 |
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