The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic
The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative
Biographical note
Daniel E. Fleming, Ph.D. (Harvard 1990), is Professor of Assyriology and Hebrew Bible at New York University. He has published three books on ancient Syria, as represented by the archives of Emar and Mari.
Sara J. Milstein (New York University Ph.D., projected 2010) is interested in the reading of revised texts in antiquity. Working primarily from Judges and Gilgamesh, her dissertation is entitled, Expanding Ancient Narratives: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Texts.
Sara J. Milstein (New York University Ph.D., projected 2010) is interested in the reading of revised texts in antiquity. Working primarily from Judges and Gilgamesh, her dissertation is entitled, Expanding Ancient Narratives: Revision through Introduction in Biblical and Mesopotamian Texts.
Readership
Scholars and students in ancient literature, especially of the Near East, including the fields of Assyriology, Hebrew Bible, and Homeric and early Greek literature.
Table of contents
Chapter One- Introduction
Chapter Two- Enkidu’s First Steppe: Competing Portraits of Enkidu in Yale and Penn
ChapterThree- Defining the Bounds of the Akkadian Huwawa Narrative
Chapter Four- From Sumerian to Akkadian: Major Innovations in the Akkadian Huwawa Tale
Chapter Five- Behind Penn: Old Babylonian Introductions to the Huwawa Narrative and to the Epic
Chapter Six- Conclusion
Chapter Two- Enkidu’s First Steppe: Competing Portraits of Enkidu in Yale and Penn
ChapterThree- Defining the Bounds of the Akkadian Huwawa Narrative
Chapter Four- From Sumerian to Akkadian: Major Innovations in the Akkadian Huwawa Tale
Chapter Five- Behind Penn: Old Babylonian Introductions to the Huwawa Narrative and to the Epic
Chapter Six- Conclusion
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