Sumerian Mythology

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"No people has contributed more to
the culture of mankind than the
Sumerians and yet it has been only
in recent years that our knowledge
of them has become at all accurate
or extensive. In the present volume,
years of labor find expression in
our first authoritative sketch of the
great myths of the Sumerians, their
myths of origins, of creation, the
nether world, and the deluge. The
book is profusely illustrated with
particularly fine photographs . . .
makes entrancing reading and for
the general reader it opens up a
whole new vista undreamed of be-
fore."—theophile j. meek, Reli-
gion in Life
"A real addition to the body of world
mythology." — American Anthro-
pologist
"At one time Sumerian was the
sacred language and language of
erudition for the whole of south-
western Asia; it was studied not
only throughout Mesopotamia, but
also in neighboring southwestern
Iran, in Syria, Asia Minor, and
even in Egypt. No historian of
ideas and institutions can... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"No people has contributed more to
the culture of mankind than the
Sumerians and yet it has been only
in recent years that our knowledge
of them has become at all accurate
or extensive. In the present volume,
years of labor find expression in
our first authoritative sketch of the
great myths of the Sumerians, their
myths of origins, of creation, the
nether world, and the deluge. The
book is profusely illustrated with
particularly fine photographs . . .
makes entrancing reading and for
the general reader it opens up a
whole new vista undreamed of be-
fore."—theophile j. meek, Reli-
gion in Life
"A real addition to the body of world
mythology." — American Anthro-
pologist
"At one time Sumerian was the
sacred language and language of
erudition for the whole of south-
western Asia; it was studied not
only throughout Mesopotamia, but
also in neighboring southwestern
Iran, in Syria, Asia Minor, and
even in Egypt. No historian of
ideas and institutions can disregard
Sumerian literature, the compara-
tive value of which is certain to
increase steadily, thanks to the
work of Dr. Kramer and his col-
—™
leagues. We commend this delight- I
ful volume to the attention of all I
who are interested in the past of I
humanity, as well as to all students I
of the Hebrew-Christian religious I
tradition, who will find in it matter I
for a richer appreciation of the I
action of God through history. . . . I
Kramer's command of the material, I
over half of which is still inacces- I
sible to the specialist, is so great I
that the book is ahead of the times; I
it will take the specialist many years I
to catch up with Kramer's present I
level of attainment." — w. p. al- i
bright, Thought I
"This book must rank as one of the I
major triumphs of modern scholar- I
ship."—theodor h. gaster, Jewish |
Social Studies
"This is an important contribution
to Near Eastern studies. Scholars
in the biblical field will be genuinely
grateful for the new evidence which
Dr. Kramer has made available for
a deeper understanding of the
mythological pattern of the ancient
world—a pattern which underlies
much of biblical literature."—
james b. pritchard
"Without question the standard
work on the subject" — Harvard
Divinity School Bulletin Vissza