Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld and the Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-61451-708-5
Verlag: De Gruyter

Buch, Englisch, Band 10, 430 Seiten, HC runder Rücken kaschiert, Format (B × H): 215 mm x 286 mm, Gewicht: 1343 g

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Alhena Gadotti offers a much needed new edition of the Sumerian composition Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld, last published by Aaron Shaffer in his 1963 doctoral dissertation. Since then, several new manuscripts have come to light, prompting not only a new edition of the text, but also a re-examination of the composition. In this book, Gadotti argues that Gilgamesh, Enkidu, and the Netherworld was the first, not the last of the Sumerian stories about Gilgamesh. She also suggests that a Sumerian Gilgamesh Cycle, currently only attested in old Babylonian manuscripts (ca. 18th century BCE), was in fact developed during the Ur III period (ca. 2100-2000 BCE). Providing a new way to look at the Sumerian Gilgamesh stories, this book is relevant not only to scholars of the ancient Near East, but also to anyone interested in epic and epic cycle.

Zielgruppe

All those interested in Ancient Near Eastern literature, as well

Autoren/Hrsg.

Gadotti, Alhena

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturen sonstiger Sprachräume Literaturen des Alten Orients
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Altorientalische Geschichte & Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Alhena Gadotti, Towson University, Towson, MD, USA.