Reading Akkadian Prayers And Hymns: An Introduction Reading Akkadian Prayers & Hymns

This Book Is A Pedagogical Tool Intended To Increase Reading Fluency For Second Or Third Semester Akkadian Students By Way Of Annotated Readings. It Is Equally An Introduction To Akkadian Prayers And Hymns From Ancient Mesopotamia.--p. Ix. Introduction. Prayers And Hymns From A Religious Studies Perspective -- Prayers And Hymns In A General Mesopotamian Perspective -- An Introduction To Particular Classes Of Mesopotamian Prayer -- The Comparative Use Of Mesopotamian Prayers In Biblical Scholarship -- Old Babylonian Texts. Prayers Of The Diviner -- Others -- Standard Babylonian Texts. Incantation-prayers -- Shuillas -- Namburbis -- Dingirshadibbas -- Others. Edited By Alan Lenzi. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. English And Akkadian.