Universität Wien

141226 SE Mesopotamian Literature (Reading of Literary Texts) (2025S)

Philological Seminar on Akkadian Studies (Literature)

Continuous assessment of course work

STEOP und AO-2 oder AO-4 je nach gewählter Sprache

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 12 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 10.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Monday 17.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Monday 24.03. 11:30 - 13:00 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 01.04. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 08.04. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 29.04. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 06.05. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 13.05. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 20.05. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 27.05. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 03.06. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 10.06. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22
  • Tuesday 24.06. 13:00 - 14:30 Seminarraum Assyrica UniCampus Hof 4 2D-O1-22

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Reading of (parts of) the Babylonian Erra epic

Assessment and permitted materials

The text will be read in class. Students are required to prepare for this and to actively participate during class. Participation is mandatory, three classes can be missed. In addition, students will take two written exams - one at mid-term, one at the end of the term - on texts that will already have been read in class at these points. Students will also give short presentations on pertinent topics.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Presence (3 absences are admissible), prior preparation of the text, active participation in class and in discussions as well as partaking in reading the text 50%; written exam on texts read: 30%; oral presentation: 20%.

Examination topics

Material as presented in class.

Reading list

Editions
L. Cagni, L'Epopea dell Erra. Roma, Instituto di Studi del Vicino Oriente, Studi Semitici 34, 1969.
F. N. H. al-Rawi, J. A. Black, The Second Tablet of "Ishum and Erra". Iraq 51, 1989, 111-122.
Studies
Daniel Bodi, The book of Ezekiel and the Poem of Erra. Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis 104, Göttingen 1991.
W. Farber, "Die einleitende Episode des Erra-Epos", AoF 35 (2008), 262-267.
A.R. George, "The poem of Erra and Ishum: A Babylonian Poet's View of War", in H. Kennedy (ed.), Warfare and Poetry in the Middle East, London, 2013, 39-71.

Association in the course directory

BA-AO 9 APM Mesopotamische Literatur: Lektüre

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