Samuel Noah Kramer Books

Kramer ranked among the world's foremost Sumerologists. . . . The book will interest both the scholar and the general educated reader.-Religious Studies Bulletin číst celé

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 a compendium of what is known about them. The author outlines the history of the Sumerian civilization and describes their cities, religion, literature, education, scientific achievements, social structure, and psychology. Finally, he considers the legacy of Sumer to the ancient and modern world.

Sumerian Mythology Revised Edition Samuel Noah Kramer "A real addition to the body of world mythology."-- American Anthropologist "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. [This book is] 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 . . . makes entrancing reading and for the general reader it opens up a whole new vista undreamed of before."--Theophile J. Meek Samuel Noah Kramer was Clark Research Professor Emeritus of Assyriology at the University of Pennsylvania, where he was also Curator Emeritus of the Tablet Collections. 1998 | 184 pages | 5 1/4 x 8 | 23 illus. ISBN 978-0-8122-1047-7 | Paper | $14.95s | £10.00 World Rights | History

Unsere Welt lebenswert zu erhalten, ist die wohl größte Herausforderung unserer Zeit. Wir steuern auf den globalen Kollaps zu. Was löst das in uns aus? 45 Autor*innen Zwischen Apokalypse und Utopie ist viel Platz für Poesie. Jede Krise setzt kreative Potenziale frei. Das beweist diese Anthologie mit engagierten Beiträgen aus der Poetry-Slam- und Lyrikszene Deutschlands, Österreichs und der Schweiz, die sich allesamt mit der Klimakatastrophe, dem Artensterben und einer ungewissen Zukunft auseinandersetzen. Dystopische, postapokalyptische Szenarien stehen neben optimistischen Visionen einer besseren Zukunft, präzise Analysen wechseln mit schmerzender Satire und poetischen Umdeutungen des Status Quo. So vielfältig die Texte in diesem Band sind, so energisch propagieren sie ein gemeinsames die Rettung unserer Lebensgrundlagen.

Il popolo piú antico e i fondamenti della civiltá umana L'autore passa in rassegna le diverse conquiste culturali delle città-stato sumeriche. I capitoli del libro sottolineano fin dal titolo il ruolo di scopritori svolto dai sumeri in ogni campo del sapere. Come "le prime scuole", "il primo parlamento", "la prima farmacopea", "il primo ideale morale".