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The Ancient Near East (Volume II): A New Anthology of Texts and Pictures Paperback – February 1, 1976

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Princeton University Press (February 1, 1976)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 320 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0691002096
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0691002095
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 11.2 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.25 x 0.5 x 8 inches
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5.0 out of 5 stars Ancient Near East volume 2
Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2023
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A must have for anyone's library who is serious about biblical studies.
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5.0 out of 5 stars IF YOU STUDY ANCIENT TEXTS THIS IS IT!!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2013
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Those whom are looking for the translations of Sumerian,Akkadian and Hittite Ancient texts this is the book! Actually, if one were to buy all three volumes it would be a library in itself... James L. Pritchard, The Ancient Near East Volume 1,2,3 is a necessity for anyone studying Archeology, History, Original Languages, and early religious texts.
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David Skellie
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2013
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If you are studying the Ancient Near East this is the book to have. I highly recommend vol 2 also. I just started studying studying the 1st Century Believers and how they lived and this book has helped me out alot. Enjoy. An I would order from them again. Thanks
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Cheryl L. Schramm
5.0 out of 5 stars great reference book
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2012
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This respected author provides excellent information, and the price was perfect for someone who just needed to check a few footnotes!
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James E. Creed III
4.0 out of 5 stars A good and interesting investment.
Reviewed in the United States on March 28, 2016
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I enjoyed the opportunity of this view into other cultures and other times.
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3.0 out of 5 stars Just a little bit boring
Reviewed in the United States on January 6, 2002
I love ancient history and found the book interesting, but just a little bit stale.
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David Oldacre
4.0 out of 5 stars A useful compendium of original source material
Reviewed in the United States on September 30, 2004
I obtained this volume of translations of Ancient Near Eastern texts and pictures along with its companion Volume I - An Anthology of Texts and Pictures which was first published in 1958. This volume, which was published in 1975, includes translations of more recently discovered material selected from the 1969 anthology of Supplementary Texts and Pictures Relating to the Old Testament.
This volume contains 72 texts and about 110 black and white photographs of artefacts from various and states and cities of Ancient Near East. The documents include myths, laws, treaties, inscriptions, hymns, letters, wisdom literature etc, from Egypt, and from the Sumerian, Akkadian, Babylonian, Assyrian, and later periods of Mesopotamia.
The format is similar to that of Volume I with cross references to the ANET text number. Translations have been made by 13 eminent scholars, most of whom have provided some explanation of the content and meaning of the texts they have translated. In general, however, there are fewer notes than in Volume I, and no cross references to illustration number or to any biblical passages.
I found the translations to be generally quite readable, but, in the same way as for Volume I, they definitely had to be read with full care and concentration to understand them, and some, being somewhat fragmentary, are rather more difficult to follow than others. In reading the texts, I was, of course completely dependent upon the translations and the interpretations of the scholars themselves. In particular, I found the comments and notes by Professor S N Kramer on the various Sumerian Texts to be most helpful.
I am happy to have read this book and its companion, because they have given me some direct insight into the cultures of the Ancient Near East. Whether it is better to obtain the larger parent anthologies is, I think, a matter of whether you are prepared over US$250 for the latest editions of these two volumes ( ISBN 0691035032 for the texts, and ISBN 0691035024 for the pictures). But if these smaller volumes are anything to go by, then they are probably worth it.
I didn't want to spend that much on this subject at this stage of my studies. So for the moment, I have decided to be selective about next set of texts to read, and as a next step, will be studying Volume II and III of Miriam Lichtheim's translations of Egyptian texts, and William L Moran's translations of the Amarna Letters.
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Timothy Dougal
4.0 out of 5 stars A Stimulating Resource
Reviewed in the United States on October 19, 2002
Volume II or "The Ancient Near East" is a good companion to Volume I, containing mythic, legal, and monumental information from the Middle East Bronze and Iron Ages. It really puts you back there to read actual letters and contracts, or to see the developments in poetic, narrative and visual arts. The only real problem is the lack of consistent dating infomation, particularly for the artwork. It makes it difficult to form a conceptual picture if things are presented in what appears to be a random order.
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