SUMERIAN MYTHOLOGY (Ancient Sumerian Tales of Gods, Goddesses, Myths, and Epics) - Annotated The influence that Ancient Near Eastern Religion and the Old Testament left upon humans Kindle Edition

Anything from this author is good. He was a real translator. People need to know what the gods of Sumer did. Although Kramer tends to believe they were mythical (not real), look past his personal belief to learn more about those real flesh-and-blood gods.

Plenty in this book brings the background of modern thought into the foreground. He's a treat scholar and a very articulate thinker.

A very good reference book for my research.

I have read Gilgamesh and was always curious about Sumeria. This book exposed to me the ancient thought, logic and philosophy behind Sumerian myth.

Good reference for knowing near east civilisation. It IS a fruitful source for extra biblical references in order to explore the Old Testament

An Excellent Scholarly Work!

I have only read a few chapters. I find this book interesting, well researched and written. However I received a defective copy on my Kindle. I have tried to find a place to report my defective copy on Amazon, but I have not succeeded. At the end of all chapters I have read so far, the last sentence is incomplete. I hope it's just the last sentence, not one or more paragraphs.

"Sumerian" is spelled incorrectly. ON THE COVER. Seriously, people?

A bit academic but good information entailed.

Samuel Noah Kramer, einer der verdientesten Sumerologen des 20. Jh., hat hier einen sehr interessanten Überblick über einige sumerische Mythen geliefert, wobei er oft auch sehr detailliert auf die Forschungsgeschichte zu den jeweiligen Keilschrifttafeln/-fragmenten einging. Jedoch ist dieses Werk aufgrund zahlreicher neuen Erkenntnisse der sumerischen Sprache, Kultur und Mythologie der letzten Jahrzehnte mittlerweile veraltet und nicht mehr ganz akkurat. Heutzutage wurden so einige Textlücken geschlossen und andere Textpassagen und Namen wiederum abgeändert.Negativ fällt einzig und vor allem der letzte Teil dieses Ebooks auf, die sogenannte "Note to the Reader", welche plötzlich moderne und völlig unpassende Bilder aus dem Internet enthällt (sicherlich nicht Samuel Noah Kramer's Werk!) und ganz klar pro-biblisch voreingenommen daherkommt und die sumerische (und ägyptische) Religion verunglimpft und den "perfekten" Gott der jüdisch-christlichen Religion lächerlich überzogen glorifiziert.

Good read ...I reccommend this book

Tem várias partes incompletas, não dá pra terminar de ler.