Author: Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9780931464942
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
In Babylonian studies 'Wisdom' is used to cover a group of texts similar in scope to the Biblical Wisdom books: discussions on the problem of suffering, teaching on the good life, fables or contest literature, and proverbs.
Babylonian Wisdom Literature
Author: Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9780931464942
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
In Babylonian studies 'Wisdom' is used to cover a group of texts similar in scope to the Biblical Wisdom books: discussions on the problem of suffering, teaching on the good life, fables or contest literature, and proverbs.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9780931464942
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 464
Book Description
In Babylonian studies 'Wisdom' is used to cover a group of texts similar in scope to the Biblical Wisdom books: discussions on the problem of suffering, teaching on the good life, fables or contest literature, and proverbs.
Babylonian Wisdom Literature
Babylonian wisdom, containing the poem of the Righteous sufferer, the Dialogue of pessimism, the books of Proverbs, and the Supposed rules of monthly diet
Author: Stephen Langdon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Akkadian language
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Wisdom from Babylon
Author: Gordon T. Smith
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830853278
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
What does it mean to provide leadership for the church in an increasingly secular context? When religion is privatized and secularism reigns in the public square, Christians are often drawn toward either individualist escapism or constant cultural warfare. But might this context instead offer a fresh invitation for the church to adapt and thrive? Gordon Smith is passionate about the need for capable, mature leaders to navigate and respond to a changing society. In this book, he draws on his extensive experience as a university president, pastor, and international speaker to open a multidisciplinary conversation about the competencies and capacities essential for today's leaders. After analyzing the phenomenon of secularization in the West and charting common Christian responses, Smith introduces four sources of wisdom to help guide us through this new terrain: the people and prophets of Judah during the Babylonian exile, the early church in its pagan environment, contemporary churches across the Global South, and Christian thinkers in post-Christian Europe. From these resources he identifies practices and strategies—from liturgy and catechesis to mission and hospitality—that can give shape to faithful, alternative communities in such a time as this. In cultures fraught with fear and division, Smith calls for leaders who can effect change from the margins, promote unity and maturity among Christians, and provide a non-anxious presence grounded in the presence of Christ. Educators, church leaders, and those seeking to understand the times will find this book to be an indispensable resource for cultivating distinctively Christian leadership.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830853278
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 204
Book Description
What does it mean to provide leadership for the church in an increasingly secular context? When religion is privatized and secularism reigns in the public square, Christians are often drawn toward either individualist escapism or constant cultural warfare. But might this context instead offer a fresh invitation for the church to adapt and thrive? Gordon Smith is passionate about the need for capable, mature leaders to navigate and respond to a changing society. In this book, he draws on his extensive experience as a university president, pastor, and international speaker to open a multidisciplinary conversation about the competencies and capacities essential for today's leaders. After analyzing the phenomenon of secularization in the West and charting common Christian responses, Smith introduces four sources of wisdom to help guide us through this new terrain: the people and prophets of Judah during the Babylonian exile, the early church in its pagan environment, contemporary churches across the Global South, and Christian thinkers in post-Christian Europe. From these resources he identifies practices and strategies—from liturgy and catechesis to mission and hospitality—that can give shape to faithful, alternative communities in such a time as this. In cultures fraught with fear and division, Smith calls for leaders who can effect change from the margins, promote unity and maturity among Christians, and provide a non-anxious presence grounded in the presence of Christ. Educators, church leaders, and those seeking to understand the times will find this book to be an indispensable resource for cultivating distinctively Christian leadership.
Babylonian Creation Myths
Author: Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1575068613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.” Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.
Publisher: Penn State Press
ISBN: 1575068613
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.” Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.
Wisdom Literature in Mesopotamia and Israel
Author: Richard J. Clifford
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN: 1589832191
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The last fifty years have seen a dramatic increase of interest in the wisdom literature of the Bible, as scholars have come to appreciate the subtlety and originality of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes as well as of Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon. Interest has likewise grown in the wisdom literatures of the neighboring cultures of Canaan, Egypt, and especially Mesopotamia. To help readers understand the place of biblical wisdom within this broader context, including its originality and distinctiveness, this volume offers a collection of essays by Assyriologists and biblicists on the social, intellectual, and literary setting of Mesopotamian wisdom; on specific wisdom texts; and on key themes common to both Mesopotamian and biblical culture. --From publisher's description.
Publisher: Society of Biblical Lit
ISBN: 1589832191
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 116
Book Description
The last fifty years have seen a dramatic increase of interest in the wisdom literature of the Bible, as scholars have come to appreciate the subtlety and originality of Proverbs, Job, and Ecclesiastes as well as of Sirach and Wisdom of Solomon. Interest has likewise grown in the wisdom literatures of the neighboring cultures of Canaan, Egypt, and especially Mesopotamia. To help readers understand the place of biblical wisdom within this broader context, including its originality and distinctiveness, this volume offers a collection of essays by Assyriologists and biblicists on the social, intellectual, and literary setting of Mesopotamian wisdom; on specific wisdom texts; and on key themes common to both Mesopotamian and biblical culture. --From publisher's description.
Babylonian Wisdom
Author: Stephen Herbert Langdon
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
Wisdom, Gods and Literature
Author: Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9781575060040
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This collection of essays composed by an international array of friends and colleagues typifies the career accomplishments and scholarly endeavors of W. G. Lambert.
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
ISBN: 9781575060040
Category : Foreign Language Study
Languages : en
Pages : 476
Book Description
This collection of essays composed by an international array of friends and colleagues typifies the career accomplishments and scholarly endeavors of W. G. Lambert.
Babylonian Wisdom
WISE of BABYLON
Author: Mustafa KARNAS
Publisher: Noetika Medya Yayıncılık Danışmanlık Bilişim.tur.san.ve Tic.a.ş.
ISBN: 6059309402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Wise of Babylon A story of an adventure in the path of wisdom. He lived in Babylon as a wise, Kaskana. His father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather were wise-wizard in the land of Babylon ever since. Bilge Kaskana lost his father before he matured more in his youth. Shortly thereafter, he was sent to exile, committing an unforgivable offense. He lost his country. Fate drove him to various places, from Alexandria to the Mediterranean. When he was teaching, he learned. In this romance you will find the words of Babylonian Knowledge of Kaskana wisely.
Publisher: Noetika Medya Yayıncılık Danışmanlık Bilişim.tur.san.ve Tic.a.ş.
ISBN: 6059309402
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Wise of Babylon A story of an adventure in the path of wisdom. He lived in Babylon as a wise, Kaskana. His father, his grandfather, and his great-grandfather were wise-wizard in the land of Babylon ever since. Bilge Kaskana lost his father before he matured more in his youth. Shortly thereafter, he was sent to exile, committing an unforgivable offense. He lost his country. Fate drove him to various places, from Alexandria to the Mediterranean. When he was teaching, he learned. In this romance you will find the words of Babylonian Knowledge of Kaskana wisely.