Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry: a study of Anzū, Enūma Eliš, and Erra and Išum

"In Weapons of Words: Intertextual Competition in Babylonian Poetry Selena Wisnom offers an in-depth literary study of three poems central to Babylonian culture: Anzû, Enūma eliš, and Erra and Išum. Fundamentally interconnected, each poem strives to out-do its predecessors and competes to estab...

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Main Author: Wisnom, Selena 1986- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden Boston Brill [2020]
In: Culture and history of the ancient Near East (volume 106)
Year: 2020
Reviews:[Rezension von: Wisnom, Selena, 1986-, Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry] (2022) (Foster, Benjamin R., 1945 -)
[Rezension von: Wisnom, Selena, 1986-, Weapons of words: intertextual competition in Babylonian poetry] (2021) (Gabriel, Gösta, 1979 -)
Series/Journal:Culture and history of the ancient Near East volume 106
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bin šar dadmē / Enūma elīś / Kabti-ilānī-Marduk ca. 8 BC. Jh. / Intertextuality
Further subjects:B Thesis
Parallel Edition:Electronic