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Religions of the ancient Near East : Sumero-Akkadian religious texts and Ugaritic epics
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Religions of the ancient Near East : Sumero-Akkadian religious texts and Ugaritic epics

Author: Isaac Mendelsohn
Publisher: New York : Liberal Arts Press, ©1955.
Series: Library of religion, 4
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Mendelsohn, Isaac, 1898-
Religions of the ancient Near East.
New York, Liberal Arts Press [1955]
(OCoLC)592889481
Online version:
Mendelsohn, Isaac, 1898-
Religions of the ancient Near East.
New York, Liberal Arts Press [1955]
(OCoLC)613987292
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Isaac Mendelsohn
OCLC Number: 537116
Notes: Includes "Index of Biblical references" (p. 283-284).
Description: xxix, 284 p. ; 21 cm.
Contents: Sumerian Myths and Epic Tales / translated by S.N. Kramer --
.. Enki and Ninhursag : a paradise myth --
.. Dumuzi and Enkimdu : the dispute between the shepherd-god and the farmer-god Akkadian Myths and Epics / translated by E.A. Speiser --
.. The creation epic --
.. The epic of Gilgamesh --
.. Creation of man by the mother goddess --
.. Descent of Istar to the nether world Akkadian Rituals / translated by A. Sachs --
.. Temple program for the New Year s festival at Babylon --
.. Temple ritual for the sixteenth and seventeenth days of an unknown month at Uruk --
.. Program of the pageant of the stature of the god Anu at Uruk --
.. Daily sacrifices to the gods of the city of Uruk Sumero-Akkarian Hymns and Pryaers / Translated by Ferris J. Stephens --
.. Hymn to Ishtar --
.. Prayer of lamentation to Ishtar --
.. Hymn to the Moon-god --
.. Prayer to the Moon-god --
.. Hymn to the Sun-god --
.. Prayer to Ashurbanipal to the Sun-god --
.. Psalm to Marduk --
.. Prayer to the gods of the night --
.. Prayer to every god Akkadian Didactic and Wisdom Literature / translated by Robert H. Pfeiffer --
.. Proverbs --
.. Counsels of wisdom --
.. "I will praise the lord of wisdom" --
.. A pessimistic dialogue between master and servant --
.. A dialogue about human misery --
.. Akkadian prophecies Akkadian Incantation Texts / translated by I. Mendelsohn --
.. Shurpu texts --
.. Maqlu texts --
Ugaritic Mythis and Epics / translated by H.L. Ginberg --
Introduction --
.. Poems about Baal and Anath --
.. The tale of Aqhat --
List of great gods --
Index of Biblical references.
Series Title: Library of religion, 4
Responsibility: edited, with an introduction, by Isaac Mendelsohn.

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