The Context of Scripture, Volume 1: Canonical Compositions from the Biblical World

By: HALLO, William WContributor(s): YOUNGER, JR., K. LawsonMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Leiden Brill 2003 Edition: 1stISBN: 9790000000000Subject(s): Abandonment of property--History, Ancient | Bible. Old Testament--Extra-canonical parallels | Bible. Old Testament--History of contemporary events--Sources | Middle Eastern literature--Relation to the Old Testament | Middle Eastern literature--Translations into English
Contents:
Introduction, Egyptian Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: From the Book of Nut" From Coffin Texts Spell 714 From Pyramid Texts Spell 527 From Pyramid Texts Spell 600 From Coffin Texts Spell 75 From Coffin Texts Spell 76 From Coffin Texts Spell 78 From Coffin Texts Spell 80 From Papyrus Bremner-Rhind From Coffin Texts Spell 335 = Book of the Dead Spell 17 Coffin Texts Spell 261 From Coffin Texts Spell 647 From A Ramesside Stela From the Berlin "Hymn to Ptah" From the "Memphite Theology" From Papyrus Leiden I 350 From Coffin Texts Spell 1130 Book of the Dead 175 Coffin Text 157 Book of the Dead 112 The Repulsing of the Dragon The Legend of Isis and the Name of Re The Legend of Astarte and the Tribute of the Sea The Destruction of Mankind The Great Cairo Hymn of Praise to Amun-Re The Great Hymn to Osiris Two Hymns to the Sun-God The Great Hymn to Aten Prayer to Re-harakhti The Song From the Tomb of King Intef The Song From the Tomb of Neferhotep Execration Texts Dream Oracles Daily Ritual of the Temple of Amun-Re At Karnak Egyptian Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: Merikare Amenemhet King Lists Karnak List 2. Abydos List (al) 3. Sakkara King List (sl) 4. Turin Canon Egyptian Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Sinuhe The Shipwrecked Sailor The Two Brothers The Report of Wenamun The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage: The Admonitions of Ipuwer The Eloquent Peasant The Complaints of Khakheperre-sonb The Prophecies of Neferti Instruction of Any Instruction of Amenemope Dua-khety or the Satire On the Trades Papyrus Harris 500 Cairo Love Songs Papyrus Chester Beatty I Ostracon Gardiner 304 The Famine Stela The Legend of the Possessed Princess ("Bentresh Stela") Hittite Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: Elkunirsa and Asertu The Storm-god and the Serpent (illuyanka) The Wrath of Telipinu Appu and His Two Sons The Sun God and the Cow Plague Prayers of Mursili II The "Ritual Between the Pieces" Pulisa's Ritual Against Plague Uhhamuwa's Ritual Against Plague (1.63) Zarpiya's Ritual Ritual and Prayer to Ishtar of Nineveh The First Soldiers' Oath The Second Soldiers' Oath Purifying A House: A Ritual for the Infernal Deities The Storm God At Lihzina Establishing A New Temple for the Goddess of the Night Hittite Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: The Queen of Kanesh and the Tale of Zalpa Proclamation of Anitta of Kussar Crossing of the Taurus Deeds of Suppiluliuma The Hittite Conquest of Cyprus: Two Inscriptions of Suppiluliuma II The Proclamation of Telipinu Apology of Hattusili III Excerpt From An Oracle Report Assuring the Safety of the King During the Winter Hittite Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Hittite Proverbs Fragment of A Wisdom Text (?) Excerpt From the Hurro-Hittite Bilingual Wisdom Text Instructions to Priests and Temple Officials Instructions to Commanders of Border Garrisons () Instructions to the Royal Guard (Mesedi Protocol) West Semitic Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: The Ba?lu Myth Dawn and Dusk Ugaritic Prayer for A City Under Siege The Prayer of Nabonidus (4QPrNab) Ugaritic Birth Omens Ugaritic Lunar Omens Ugaritic Extispicy Ugaritic Dream Omens Ugaritic Liturgy Against Venomous Reptiles Ugaritic Rites for the Vintage ( 1.41//1.87) Ugaritic Incantation Against Sorcery ?Ilu On A Toot A Punic Sacrificial Tariff The Aramaic Text In Demotic Script A Ugaritic Incantation Against Serpents and Sorcerers The London Medical Papyrus West Semitic Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: The Kirta Epic The ?Aqhatu Legend Ugaritic King List The Patrons of the Ugaritic Dynasty (KTU 1.161) West Semitic Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Hippiatric Texts Abecedaries Akkadian Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld Nergal and Ereshkigal Nergal and Ereshkigal Epic of Creation The Theogony of Dunnu Erra and Ishum Prayer to Marduk Prayer to Gods of the Night Diurnal Prayers of Diviners The Shamash Hymn A Neo-Babylonian Lament for Tammuz An Assyrian Elegy Mesopotamian Omens Divination Old Babylonian Incantation Against Cattle Disease The Installation of the Storm God's High Priestess The Festival Six Months of Ritual Supervision By the Diviner Two Months Joined by the Underworld, with Barring and Opening of Doors Two Festivals A Psephomancy Ritual From Assur Love Lyrics of Nabu and Tashmetu Akkadian Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: The Adapa Story Atra-hasis Etana Gilgamesh The Birth Legend of Sargon of Akkad Babylonian King Lists Assyrian King Lists Assyrian Eponym Canon The Babylonian Chronicle The Weidner Chronicle A Hymn Celebrating Assurnasirpal Ii's Campaigns to the West A Prayer from a Coronation Ritual of the Time of Tukulti-Ninurta I A Hymn to Nanaya With A Blessing for Sargon II Assurbanipal's Coronation Hymn An Assurbanipal Hymn for Shamash An Assurbanipal Prayer for Mullissu Dialogue Between Assurbanipal and Nabu A Late Piece of Constructed Mythology Relevant to the Neo-Assyrian and Middle Assyrian Coronation Hymn and Prayer The Adad-Guppi Autobiography The Autobiography of Idrimi Love Poems The Marduk Prophecy The Dynastic Prophecy Akkadian Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Dialogue Between A Man and His God A Sufferer's Salvation The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer The Babylonian Theodicy Dialogue of Pessimism or the Obliging Slave "At the Cleaners" Sumerian Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: The Song of the Hoe The Eridu Genesis Enki and Ninmah The Exaltation of Inanna Inanna and Enki To Nanshe The Blessing of Nisaba By Enki Letter-Prayer of King Sin-iddinam to Nin-isina Letter-Prayer of King Sin-iddinam to Utu Lamentation Over the Destruction of Ur A "Non-canonical" Incantation From "Evil Spirits" Dumuzi-Inanna Songs The Women's Oath Bridegroom, Spend the Night In Our House Till Dawn Love by the Light of the Moon Sumerian Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Gilgamesh and Akka The Birth of Shulgi In the Temple of Nippur The Sacred Marriage of Iddin-Dagan and Inanna Sumerian Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Sumerian Proverb Collection 3 Proverbs Quoted In Other Genres Shuruppak Ur-Ninurta The Heron and the Turtle "Man and His God" The Disputation Between Ewe and Wheat The Disputation Between the Hoe and the Plow The Disputation Between Bird and Fish The Disputation Between Summer and Winter School Dialogues The Dialogue Between Two Scribes The Dialogue Between A Supervisor and A Scribe The Dialogue Between An Examiner and A Student"
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Introduction, Egyptian Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: From the Book of Nut" From Coffin Texts Spell 714 From Pyramid Texts Spell 527 From Pyramid Texts Spell 600 From Coffin Texts Spell 75 From Coffin Texts Spell 76 From Coffin Texts Spell 78 From Coffin Texts Spell 80 From Papyrus Bremner-Rhind From Coffin Texts Spell 335 = Book of the Dead Spell 17 Coffin Texts Spell 261 From Coffin Texts Spell 647 From A Ramesside Stela From the Berlin "Hymn to Ptah" From the "Memphite Theology" From Papyrus Leiden I 350 From Coffin Texts Spell 1130 Book of the Dead 175 Coffin Text 157 Book of the Dead 112 The Repulsing of the Dragon The Legend of Isis and the Name of Re The Legend of Astarte and the Tribute of the Sea The Destruction of Mankind The Great Cairo Hymn of Praise to Amun-Re The Great Hymn to Osiris Two Hymns to the Sun-God The Great Hymn to Aten Prayer to Re-harakhti The Song From the Tomb of King Intef The Song From the Tomb of Neferhotep Execration Texts Dream Oracles Daily Ritual of the Temple of Amun-Re At Karnak Egyptian Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: Merikare Amenemhet King Lists Karnak List 2. Abydos List (al) 3. Sakkara King List (sl) 4. Turin Canon Egyptian Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Sinuhe The Shipwrecked Sailor The Two Brothers The Report of Wenamun The Admonitions of an Egyptian Sage: The Admonitions of Ipuwer The Eloquent Peasant The Complaints of Khakheperre-sonb The Prophecies of Neferti Instruction of Any Instruction of Amenemope Dua-khety or the Satire On the Trades Papyrus Harris 500 Cairo Love Songs Papyrus Chester Beatty I Ostracon Gardiner 304 The Famine Stela The Legend of the Possessed Princess ("Bentresh Stela") Hittite Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: Elkunirsa and Asertu The Storm-god and the Serpent (illuyanka) The Wrath of Telipinu Appu and His Two Sons The Sun God and the Cow Plague Prayers of Mursili II The "Ritual Between the Pieces" Pulisa's Ritual Against Plague Uhhamuwa's Ritual Against Plague (1.63) Zarpiya's Ritual Ritual and Prayer to Ishtar of Nineveh The First Soldiers' Oath The Second Soldiers' Oath Purifying A House: A Ritual for the Infernal Deities The Storm God At Lihzina Establishing A New Temple for the Goddess of the Night Hittite Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: The Queen of Kanesh and the Tale of Zalpa Proclamation of Anitta of Kussar Crossing of the Taurus Deeds of Suppiluliuma The Hittite Conquest of Cyprus: Two Inscriptions of Suppiluliuma II The Proclamation of Telipinu Apology of Hattusili III Excerpt From An Oracle Report Assuring the Safety of the King During the Winter Hittite Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Hittite Proverbs Fragment of A Wisdom Text (?) Excerpt From the Hurro-Hittite Bilingual Wisdom Text Instructions to Priests and Temple Officials Instructions to Commanders of Border Garrisons () Instructions to the Royal Guard (Mesedi Protocol) West Semitic Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: The Ba?lu Myth Dawn and Dusk Ugaritic Prayer for A City Under Siege The Prayer of Nabonidus (4QPrNab) Ugaritic Birth Omens Ugaritic Lunar Omens Ugaritic Extispicy Ugaritic Dream Omens Ugaritic Liturgy Against Venomous Reptiles Ugaritic Rites for the Vintage ( 1.41//1.87) Ugaritic Incantation Against Sorcery ?Ilu On A Toot A Punic Sacrificial Tariff The Aramaic Text In Demotic Script A Ugaritic Incantation Against Serpents and Sorcerers The London Medical Papyrus West Semitic Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: The Kirta Epic The ?Aqhatu Legend Ugaritic King List The Patrons of the Ugaritic Dynasty (KTU 1.161) West Semitic Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Hippiatric Texts Abecedaries Akkadian Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: The Descent of Ishtar to the Underworld Nergal and Ereshkigal Nergal and Ereshkigal Epic of Creation The Theogony of Dunnu Erra and Ishum Prayer to Marduk Prayer to Gods of the Night Diurnal Prayers of Diviners The Shamash Hymn A Neo-Babylonian Lament for Tammuz An Assyrian Elegy Mesopotamian Omens Divination Old Babylonian Incantation Against Cattle Disease The Installation of the Storm God's High Priestess The Festival Six Months of Ritual Supervision By the Diviner Two Months Joined by the Underworld, with Barring and Opening of Doors Two Festivals A Psephomancy Ritual From Assur Love Lyrics of Nabu and Tashmetu Akkadian Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: The Adapa Story Atra-hasis Etana Gilgamesh The Birth Legend of Sargon of Akkad Babylonian King Lists Assyrian King Lists Assyrian Eponym Canon The Babylonian Chronicle The Weidner Chronicle A Hymn Celebrating Assurnasirpal Ii's Campaigns to the West A Prayer from a Coronation Ritual of the Time of Tukulti-Ninurta I A Hymn to Nanaya With A Blessing for Sargon II Assurbanipal's Coronation Hymn An Assurbanipal Hymn for Shamash An Assurbanipal Prayer for Mullissu Dialogue Between Assurbanipal and Nabu A Late Piece of Constructed Mythology Relevant to the Neo-Assyrian and Middle Assyrian Coronation Hymn and Prayer The Adad-Guppi Autobiography The Autobiography of Idrimi Love Poems The Marduk Prophecy The Dynastic Prophecy Akkadian Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Dialogue Between A Man and His God A Sufferer's Salvation The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer The Babylonian Theodicy Dialogue of Pessimism or the Obliging Slave "At the Cleaners" Sumerian Canonical Compositions - Divine Focus: The Song of the Hoe The Eridu Genesis Enki and Ninmah The Exaltation of Inanna Inanna and Enki To Nanshe The Blessing of Nisaba By Enki Letter-Prayer of King Sin-iddinam to Nin-isina Letter-Prayer of King Sin-iddinam to Utu Lamentation Over the Destruction of Ur A "Non-canonical" Incantation From "Evil Spirits" Dumuzi-Inanna Songs The Women's Oath Bridegroom, Spend the Night In Our House Till Dawn Love by the Light of the Moon Sumerian Canonical Compositions - Royal Focus: Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta Gilgamesh and Akka The Birth of Shulgi In the Temple of Nippur The Sacred Marriage of Iddin-Dagan and Inanna Sumerian Canonical Compositions - Individual Focus: Sumerian Proverb Collection 3 Proverbs Quoted In Other Genres Shuruppak Ur-Ninurta The Heron and the Turtle "Man and His God" The Disputation Between Ewe and Wheat The Disputation Between the Hoe and the Plow The Disputation Between Bird and Fish The Disputation Between Summer and Winter School Dialogues The Dialogue Between Two Scribes The Dialogue Between A Supervisor and A Scribe The Dialogue Between An Examiner and A Student"