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Riches Hidden in Secret Places

Ancient Near Eastern Studies in Memory of Thorkild Jacobsen

Tzvi Abusch editor

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Pennsylvania State University Press

Published:30th Jun '02

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Providing a scholar’s salute to a teacher, colleague, and friend, the contributors of this new volume honor the memory of Thorkild Jacobsen with essays on Mesopotamian history, culture, literature, and religion. Contributors include: Tzvi Abusch, John Huehnergard, Bendt Alster, Jeremy Black, Miguel Civil, Jerrold S. Cooper, M. J. Geller, Stephen A. Geller, Samuel Greengus, William W. Hallo, Wolfgang Heimpel, Jacob Klein, W. G. Lambert, Jack M. Sasson, Ake W. Sjoberg, Piotr Steinkeller, H. L. J. Vanstiphout, and Claus Wilcke.

Reviewer Tammi Schneider Claremont University This volume was orginally a tribute to Jacobsen by JAOS. The result is volume more foused than a fetschrift.This book has a bibliography and beautiful preface and article on his danish background. Religious studies Review Jan 2003

ISBN: 9781575060613

Dimensions: 254mm x 178mm x 32mm

Weight: 998g

362 pages