Note: Some texts are buried
deep in e-archives. If title link does not work, click source.
Mesopotamia
L. W. King's translation of the
legal code promulgated by the ruler of Babylon in the first half of the 18th
c. BCE
[archived by the Avalon documents
project of Yale Law School].
Oxford U's comprehensive e-archive of Sumerian
literature posts transliterations, translations & bibliographies for
myths
& epics (including
Inana's
Descent,
Enki's
Journey,
Enlil
& Ninlil,
the
Flood,
Gilgamesh)
& prayers
to deities.
Timothy R. Carnahan's electronic edition of M. G.
Kovacs' translation of the 11 Akkadian tablets of this most ancient of epics.
Elegant well-informed neo-pagan presentation of
Mesopotamian culture & religion offers essay on
Sumerian
Religion & an extensive collection of
classic
myths, hymns &
incantations, including many from hard-to-find texts.
Misleadingly named section of Paul Halsall's
vast collection of
links to academic quality e- resources covers Sumer, Akkadia, Assyria,
Babylonia, but also the non-Mesopotamian civilizations of the Hittites, Syria,
Phoenicia & Carthage.
JSTOR's searchable database of digital
editions of the premier scholarly journal of Mesopotamian studies.
Registration required for access to contents of articles.
Reports on the excavations of the primary
temple city of early Mesopotamia, including McGuire Gibson's 1993 article
"Nippur:
Sacred City of Enlil"
(hyper-text with maps & photographs).
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Persia
Joe Peterson provides an on-line version of
Zoroastrian scriptures in both original language & translation: the
complete Avesta (including the Yasna
with the Gathas of Zarathustra) & several Pahlavi texts (including the Bundahishn
creation account & the Denkard chapter on the life
of Zarathustra). FAQ
gives basic introduction to Zoroastrianism.
Paul Halsall's well-organized collection of
links to academic quality e-resources on ancient Persia (Fordham U).
Gnostic Society's Virtual Library posts
prayerbooks (including psalms to Jesus & Iranian hymns) as well as Augustine's anti-Manichean
writings.
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Syria & Palestine
Børre Ludvigsen's exquisite
encyclopedia of cultural riches from the countries of the eastern
Mediterranean features an
interactive
map to sites in Lebanon with historical details,
religious
sources, archaeological guides and stunning images of
Baalbak,
Beirut,
Tyre,
Sidon, &
the giant
cedars
[archived by American University, Beirut].
Salim George Khalaf's award-winning
comprehensive study of the pioneers of Mediterranean culture includes
discussions of Phoenician
religion from the
Canaanites to
Christianity, including its influence on
Solomon's
temple & the Hebrew
Torah.
Paul Halsall's well-organized collection of
links to academic quality e- resources on ancient Israel. For some inscrutable
reason links to Canaanite, Syrian & Phoenician resources are found in his
Mesopotamia
web pages (Fordham U).
Visual aids & quotations from primary
sources arranged to complement the book by K. C. Hanson & D. Oakman
(Fortress 1996).
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27 January 2023
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