Sabine Franke

Anthology of Ancient Mesopotamian Texts (eBook, ePUB)

When the Gods Were Human

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Learn about the ancient civilizations of Iraq and Syria, through the stories they told. This book gathers the best stories of ancient Near Eastern literature surrounding the Mesopotamian gods, men, and kings. It takes the reader on a journey back to the birth of literature in Mesopotamia-which at the same time seems so distant yet so familiar. Fairy tales, myths, and epics of this region are still able to entertain readers today-and allow us to delve into the fascinating life of this ancient civilization. This book includes fables such as that of the tooth worm, which causes tooth pain, as well as the great myth of Innanas, which describes the goddess Ishtar's transition to the underworld. There are also stories of daily life, such as that of a student, and the Sumerian incantations against a crying baby.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Pen and Sword
• Seitenzahl: 120
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. November 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781473847743
• Artikelnr.: 47387308

Autorenporträt

Dr Sabina Franke has studied Ancient and Modern Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and Comparative Literature, gaining her master's degree at the University of Pennsylvania and her PhD at the University of Hamburg. Sabina has taught at the University of Hamburg, the University of Salzburg and since 2010, at the Helmut-Schmidt-University in Hamburg where she offers mainly courses for the general public and non-academics. As a student she participated in several excavations in Syria and has since also has been working with history tour groups in Eastern Turkey.