The 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.
Jiménez, Enrique.
The 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. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (543 pages) - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; v.87 . - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I. The Mesopotamian Disputation Poems -- Introduction -- On This Book -- Chapter I.1. Definition of the Corpus -- Chapter I.2. Sumerian Disputation Poems -- Chapter I.3. Akkadian Disputation Poems -- I.3.a. Tamarisk and Palm -- I.3.b. Series of the Fox -- Middle Babylonian Tablets -- Early Neo-Assyrian Tablets -- Neo-Assyrian Tablets -- Neo-/Late Babylonian Tablets -- Uncertain -- Neo-/Late Babylonian School Tablets -- Distribution of Tablets According to Kienast's Reconstruction -- Concordance between Lambert's and Kienast's Edition -- Manuscripts and Origins -- Characters and Storyline -- Tradition and Genre -- I.3.b.2. A Sumerian Forerunner? -- I.3.c. Series of Ox and Horse -- I.3.d. The Donkey Disputation -- I.3.e. Nissaba and Wheat -- Chapter I.4. The Place of Disputation Poems within Babylonian Literature -- I.4.a. The Structure of the Disputations -- Prologue -- Disputation Proper -- Adjudication Scene -- I.4.b. The Style of the Disputation Poems -- I.4.b.1. Verse and Style -- I.4.b.2. Language Register -- I.4.c. Literary Quotations -- I.4.c.1. Specific Allusions and Quotations -- I.4.c.2. Rebuttal Formula -- I.4.c.3. Speech Introduction Formula -- I.4.c.4. Grievance Formula -- I.4.d. Disputations as Parodies -- I.4.d.1. Parodies in Mesopotamian Literature -- I.4.d.2. Parodies in Graeco-Roman Literature -- I.4.d.3. Parody in Disputation Poems around the World -- I.4.e. Conclusions -- Chapter I.5. Sitz-im-Leben of the Disputation Poems -- I.5.a. Authors and Origins -- I.5.b. Disputation Poems in Libraries -- I.5.c. Disputation Poems in the School -- Chapter I.6. Mesopotamian Disputations in Later Tradition -- I.6.a. Other Disputations in Antiquity -- I.6.b. Syriac and Arabic Disputation Poems. I.6.c. Latin and Vernacular Disputations in Medieval Europe -- I.6.d. One or Many Traditions? -- Part II. The Series of the Poplar -- Chapter II.1. Introduction -- Chapter II.2. Edition -- II.2.a. Score -- II.2.b. Philological Commentary -- II.2.b.1. On Wind Vanes in Ancient Mesopotamia (on Ic 21′) -- II.2.b.2. On Mortise-and-Tenon Joinery in Ancient Mesopotamia (on Ic 35′) -- Chapter II.3. Study -- II.3.a. Origins -- II.3.b. The Contenders -- II.3.c. Language -- II.3.d. Style -- Part III. Palm and Vine -- Chapter III.1. Introduction -- Chapter III.2. Edition -- III.2.a. Score -- III.2.b. Philological Commentary -- Chapter III.3. Study -- III.3.a. Origins -- III.3.b. Language -- III.3.c. Style -- III.3.d. Tradition -- Part IV. The Series of the Spider -- Chapter IV.1. Introduction -- Chapter IV.2. Edition -- IV.2.a. Score -- IV.2.b. Philological Commentary -- IV.2.c. A Fragment of a Related Text -- Chapter IV.3. Study -- IV.3.a. Origins -- IV.3.b. The Contenders -- Part V. The Story of the Poor, Forlorn Wren -- Chapter V.1. Introduction -- Chapter V.2. Edition -- V.2.a. Score -- V.2.b. Philological Commentary -- Colophons -- V.2.c. A Fragment of a Related Text -- Chapter V.3. Study -- V.3.a. Language -- V.3.b. Origins -- V.3.c. The Contenders -- V.3.d. Tradition -- Part VI. Fragments with Literary Disputations -- Chapter VI.1. Series of the Fox -- VI.1.a. Library Tablets -- Fox b obv (Kienast II iii): BM 38535 = MS BabNB₃ -- Fox c rev (Kienast II iv): F.224 = MS BabNB₄ -- RS 25.526A = MS UgMB₁ -- Rm.433 = MS NinNA₈ -- Rm.2,525 (SAA 3 51) = MS NinNA₉ -- K.13841 = MS NinNA₇ -- BM 35138 = MS BabNB₂ -- VI.1.b. School Tablets -- CBS 2266+ = MS NipSch₁ -- UET 7 155 = MS UrSch₁ -- Ashm.1924,2050 (OECT 11 54) = MS KiSch₁ -- BM 68586 = MS SipSch₁ -- Chapter VI.2. Others -- K.12908 -- Rm.2,228. Bibliography -- A Syriac Dialogue Poem between the Vine and Cedar by Dawid bar Pawlos (Butts) -- Manuscript Sigla -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Proper Nouns -- A -- B -- D -- E -- G -- Ḫ -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- Ṣ -- Š -- T -- Ṭ -- U -- Y -- Z -- Index of Tablets Copied -- Index of Words and Phrases Discussed -- Akkadian -- Sumerian -- Signs and logograms -- Arabic -- Aramaic -- Chinese -- Egyptian -- Greek -- Hebrew -- Hittite -- Latin -- Occitan -- Punic -- Syriac -- Ugaritic -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Cuneiform Sources -- Ancient Greek and Latin Sources -- Arabic Sources -- Aramaic Sources -- Chinese Sources -- Egyptian Sources -- Hebrew Sources -- Iranian Sources -- Medieval Latin Sources -- Neo-Aramaic Sources -- Occitan Sources -- Syriac Sources -- Turkish Sources -- Varia -- Index of Subjects -- Personal names -- Non-cuneiform Personal Names (see also Index of Ancient Sources) -- Divine Names -- Geographical Names (including Temple Names) -- Grammatical Matters -- Varia.
The Babylonian Disputation Poems studies a group of ancient Babylonian poems featuring discussions between animals and trees. It contains editions of several new texts as well as an assessment of the genre and its impact on later traditions of literary disputations.
9789004336261
Assyro-Babylonian poetry-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PJ3651 .J564 2017
892.1
The 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. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (543 pages) - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series ; v.87 . - Culture and History of the Ancient near East Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Part I. The Mesopotamian Disputation Poems -- Introduction -- On This Book -- Chapter I.1. Definition of the Corpus -- Chapter I.2. Sumerian Disputation Poems -- Chapter I.3. Akkadian Disputation Poems -- I.3.a. Tamarisk and Palm -- I.3.b. Series of the Fox -- Middle Babylonian Tablets -- Early Neo-Assyrian Tablets -- Neo-Assyrian Tablets -- Neo-/Late Babylonian Tablets -- Uncertain -- Neo-/Late Babylonian School Tablets -- Distribution of Tablets According to Kienast's Reconstruction -- Concordance between Lambert's and Kienast's Edition -- Manuscripts and Origins -- Characters and Storyline -- Tradition and Genre -- I.3.b.2. A Sumerian Forerunner? -- I.3.c. Series of Ox and Horse -- I.3.d. The Donkey Disputation -- I.3.e. Nissaba and Wheat -- Chapter I.4. The Place of Disputation Poems within Babylonian Literature -- I.4.a. The Structure of the Disputations -- Prologue -- Disputation Proper -- Adjudication Scene -- I.4.b. The Style of the Disputation Poems -- I.4.b.1. Verse and Style -- I.4.b.2. Language Register -- I.4.c. Literary Quotations -- I.4.c.1. Specific Allusions and Quotations -- I.4.c.2. Rebuttal Formula -- I.4.c.3. Speech Introduction Formula -- I.4.c.4. Grievance Formula -- I.4.d. Disputations as Parodies -- I.4.d.1. Parodies in Mesopotamian Literature -- I.4.d.2. Parodies in Graeco-Roman Literature -- I.4.d.3. Parody in Disputation Poems around the World -- I.4.e. Conclusions -- Chapter I.5. Sitz-im-Leben of the Disputation Poems -- I.5.a. Authors and Origins -- I.5.b. Disputation Poems in Libraries -- I.5.c. Disputation Poems in the School -- Chapter I.6. Mesopotamian Disputations in Later Tradition -- I.6.a. Other Disputations in Antiquity -- I.6.b. Syriac and Arabic Disputation Poems. I.6.c. Latin and Vernacular Disputations in Medieval Europe -- I.6.d. One or Many Traditions? -- Part II. The Series of the Poplar -- Chapter II.1. Introduction -- Chapter II.2. Edition -- II.2.a. Score -- II.2.b. Philological Commentary -- II.2.b.1. On Wind Vanes in Ancient Mesopotamia (on Ic 21′) -- II.2.b.2. On Mortise-and-Tenon Joinery in Ancient Mesopotamia (on Ic 35′) -- Chapter II.3. Study -- II.3.a. Origins -- II.3.b. The Contenders -- II.3.c. Language -- II.3.d. Style -- Part III. Palm and Vine -- Chapter III.1. Introduction -- Chapter III.2. Edition -- III.2.a. Score -- III.2.b. Philological Commentary -- Chapter III.3. Study -- III.3.a. Origins -- III.3.b. Language -- III.3.c. Style -- III.3.d. Tradition -- Part IV. The Series of the Spider -- Chapter IV.1. Introduction -- Chapter IV.2. Edition -- IV.2.a. Score -- IV.2.b. Philological Commentary -- IV.2.c. A Fragment of a Related Text -- Chapter IV.3. Study -- IV.3.a. Origins -- IV.3.b. The Contenders -- Part V. The Story of the Poor, Forlorn Wren -- Chapter V.1. Introduction -- Chapter V.2. Edition -- V.2.a. Score -- V.2.b. Philological Commentary -- Colophons -- V.2.c. A Fragment of a Related Text -- Chapter V.3. Study -- V.3.a. Language -- V.3.b. Origins -- V.3.c. The Contenders -- V.3.d. Tradition -- Part VI. Fragments with Literary Disputations -- Chapter VI.1. Series of the Fox -- VI.1.a. Library Tablets -- Fox b obv (Kienast II iii): BM 38535 = MS BabNB₃ -- Fox c rev (Kienast II iv): F.224 = MS BabNB₄ -- RS 25.526A = MS UgMB₁ -- Rm.433 = MS NinNA₈ -- Rm.2,525 (SAA 3 51) = MS NinNA₉ -- K.13841 = MS NinNA₇ -- BM 35138 = MS BabNB₂ -- VI.1.b. School Tablets -- CBS 2266+ = MS NipSch₁ -- UET 7 155 = MS UrSch₁ -- Ashm.1924,2050 (OECT 11 54) = MS KiSch₁ -- BM 68586 = MS SipSch₁ -- Chapter VI.2. Others -- K.12908 -- Rm.2,228. Bibliography -- A Syriac Dialogue Poem between the Vine and Cedar by Dawid bar Pawlos (Butts) -- Manuscript Sigla -- Bibliography -- Glossary -- Proper Nouns -- A -- B -- D -- E -- G -- Ḫ -- I -- K -- L -- M -- N -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- Ṣ -- Š -- T -- Ṭ -- U -- Y -- Z -- Index of Tablets Copied -- Index of Words and Phrases Discussed -- Akkadian -- Sumerian -- Signs and logograms -- Arabic -- Aramaic -- Chinese -- Egyptian -- Greek -- Hebrew -- Hittite -- Latin -- Occitan -- Punic -- Syriac -- Ugaritic -- Index of Ancient Sources -- Cuneiform Sources -- Ancient Greek and Latin Sources -- Arabic Sources -- Aramaic Sources -- Chinese Sources -- Egyptian Sources -- Hebrew Sources -- Iranian Sources -- Medieval Latin Sources -- Neo-Aramaic Sources -- Occitan Sources -- Syriac Sources -- Turkish Sources -- Varia -- Index of Subjects -- Personal names -- Non-cuneiform Personal Names (see also Index of Ancient Sources) -- Divine Names -- Geographical Names (including Temple Names) -- Grammatical Matters -- Varia.
The Babylonian Disputation Poems studies a group of ancient Babylonian poems featuring discussions between animals and trees. It contains editions of several new texts as well as an assessment of the genre and its impact on later traditions of literary disputations.
9789004336261
Assyro-Babylonian poetry-History and criticism.
Electronic books.
PJ3651 .J564 2017
892.1