Riches Hidden in Secret Places: Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen

Providing A Scholar's Salute To A Teacher, Colleague, And Friend, The Contributors Of This New Volume Honor The Memory Of Thorkild Jacobsen With Essays On Mesopotamian History, Culture, Literature, And Religion. Contributors Include: Tzvi Abusch, John Huehnergard, Bendt Alster, Jeremy Black, Miguel Civil, Jerrold S. Cooper, M. J. Geller, Stephen A. Geller, Samuel Greengus, William W. Hallo, Wolfgang Heimpel, Jacob Klein, W. G. Lambert, Jack M. Sasson, Ake W. Sjoberg, Piotr Steinkeller, H. L. J. Vanstiphout, And Claus Wilcke. Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Bibliography Of Thorkild Jacobsen -- Thorkild Jacobsen: An Appreciation -- Thorkild Jacobsen's Danish Academic Background -- The Socio-religious Framework Of The Babylonian Witchcraft Ceremony Maqlû : Some Observations On The Introductory Section Of The Text, Part I -- Ilu Awilum : We-e I-la , Gods : Men Versus Man : God Punning And The Reversal Of Patterns In The Atrahasis Epic -- The Sumerians In Their Landscape -- The Forerunners Of Marû And Hamtu In Old Babylonian -- Buddies In Babylonia: Gilgamesh, Enkidu, And Mesopotamian Homosexuality -- The Free Library Inanna Prism Reconsidered -- Wisdom, Nature And Piety In Some Biblical Psalms -- Redefining Inchoate Marriage In Old Babylonian Contexts -- A Model Court Case Concerning Inheritance -- The Lady Of Girsu -- Izuzzum And Itulum -- A New Look At The Oppression Of Uruk Episode In The Gilgame S Epic -- A Rare Exorcistic Fragment -- The Burden Of Scribes -- In The Beginning -- Archaic City Seals And The Question Of Early Babylonian Unity -- Sanctus Lugalbanda -- Der Kodex Urnamma (cu): Versuch Einer Rekonstruktion Edited By Tzvi Abusch. Bibliographic Level Mode Of Issuance: Monograph Includes Bibliographical References. English