100 Texte, knapp 70 Autorinnen und Autoren, darunter über 20 deutschsprachige Poetry- Slam-Champions – eine Sprache. Sie steht im Zentrum dieser Anthologie – das Handwerkszeug aller Poetinnen und Poeten, das in vielen Texten gespiegelt, betrachtet, lustvoll hinterfragt oder spielerisch erweitert wird. Bei allem Unterhaltungsfaktor bietet die Poetry- Slam-Fibel eine Bühne für die Sprache zwischen Sinnhaftigkeit, Rhythmus und Musikalität: Sprache als lyrisches Präzisionswerkzeug, als abschre...

"A readable and up-to-date introduction to a most fascinating culture" from a world-renowned Sumerian scholar ( American Journal of Archaeology).The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of...

L'auteur de ce livre, savant de notoriété internationale, a révélé au grand public la civilisation sumérienne, née voici quelque cinq mille ans en Mésopotamie, le sud de l'actuel Irak. Le miracle grec avait un précédent. Dès le IIIe millénaire avant Jésus-Christ, les Sumériens avaient inventé l'écriture, fondé les premières cités-États, formulé les premiers codes de lois, donné leur première expression littéraire au mythe et à l'épopée, avec un lyrisme qui annonce les plus beaux textes de ...

La historia empieza en Sumer es un clásico de la historiografía moderna, un libro seminal que ocupa un lugar en pie de igualdad junto a otras obras que aúnan de forma incomparable amenidad y rigor, como Dioses, tumbas y sabios, de Ceram, la Historia de Roma de Montanelli o El otoño de la Edad Media de Huizinga. Publicada por primera vez en 1956, esta obra de Samuel N. Kramer conoció un éxito y un reconocimiento fulminantes en todo el mundo. La presente edición -c...

Originally published in 1944, ‘Sumerian Mythology’ was written by Samuel Noah Kramer, a leading figure in the creation of the modern discipline of Sumerology. He was the first to piece together, decipher, and edit major works of Sumerian mythology and literature. The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who flourished in southern Babylonia from the beginning of the fourth to the end of the third millennium B.C. During this long stretch of time the Sumerians, whose racial ...

The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who flourished in southern Babylonia from the beginning of the fourth to the end of the third millennium B.C. During this long stretch of time the Sumerians, whose racial and linguistic affiliations are still unclassifiable, represented the dominant cultural group of the entire Near East. This cultural dominance manifested itself in three directions:It was the Sumerians who developed and probably invented the cuneifor...

Questo libro raccoglie i miti della divinità sumera Inanna, Regina del Cielo e della Terra. I canti, ritrovati su tavolette d’argilla risalenti a circa 4000 anni fa, sono stati tradotti dal cuneiforme, la prima scrittura codificata di cui abbiamo conoscenza. Prima di Gilgameš, Ulisse, Enea e Dante, la più antica discesa negli inferi di cui abbiamo registrazione è stata compiuta da una donna, Inanna. È lei che per prima affronta la catabasi iniziatica, guidandoci alle sette porte del mondo ...

Samuel Noah Kramer (1897-1990) was an American Assyriologist and one of the foremost scholars in the field of Sumerian studies. He made significant contributions to the decipherment and understanding of ancient Mesopotamian texts and culture.In "Sumerian Mythology," Kramer provides a detailed exploration of the mythology and religious beliefs of the Sumerians. He examines the pantheon of Sumerian gods and goddesses, their attributes, roles, and relationships. The book also covers the creat...

“A Real Addition to the Body of World Mythology.” American AnthropologistFirst published in 1944, "Sumerian Mythology" by Samuel Noah Kramer is a seminal work that explores the myths, legends, and religious beliefs of the ancient Sumerians, one of the world’s earliest known civilizations. Drawing from cuneiform tablets discovered in Mesopotamia, Kramer reconstructs the stories of Sumerian gods, creation myths, and epic narratives that influenced later Mesopotamian and biblical traditions. ...

Originally published in 1944, ‘Sumerian Mythology’ was written by Samuel Noah Kramer, a leading figure in the creation of the modern discipline of Sumerology. He was the first to piece together, decipher, and edit major works of Sumerian mythology and literature. The Sumerians were a non-Semitic, non-Indo-European people who flourished in southern Babylonia from the beginning of the fourth to the end of the third millennium B.C. During this long stretch of time the Sumerians, whose racial ...

Sumerian Mythologyby Samuel Noah KramerThe Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums B.C. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civi...

The Sumerians, the pragmatic and gifted people who preceded the Semites in the land first known as Sumer and later as Babylonia, created what was probably the first high civilization in the history of man, spanning the fifth to the second millenniums BC. This book is an unparalleled compendium of what is known about them.Professor Kramer communicates his enthusiasm for his subject as he outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literatu...