Mesopotamian Chronicles
| Author | : Jean-Jacques Glassner |
| Publisher | : BRILL |
| Total Pages | : 387 |
| Release | : 2005 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9789004130845 |
| ISBN-13 | : 9004130845 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (45 Downloads) |
Download or read book Mesopotamian Chronicles written by Jean-Jacques Glassner and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2005 with total page 387 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This English translation of Glassner s Chroniques Mésopotamiennes (Paris: Les Belles Lettres, 1993) collects all chronicle literature of ancient Mesopotamia from the early second millenium to Seleucid times. The volume, which incorporates revisions and additions by the author and a transcription of the cuneiform, includes every example of Sumerian, Assyrian, and Babylonian historiographic literature, and magisterial essays on the genre and on Mesopotamian historiography in general.Paperback edition is available from the Society of Biblical Literature (www.sbl-site.org)
