Mesopotamian Scholarship: Kassite to Late Babylonian Periods

Document Type

Article

Publication Title

Journal of Ancient Near Eastern History

Department

Religious Studies

ISSN

2328-9562

Volume

2

Issue

2

DOI

10.1515/janeh-2016-0009

First Page

145

Last Page

201

Publication Date

6-1-2016

Abstract

This article surveys scholarship and inquiry in ancient Mesopotamia from the middle of the second millennium BCE until the Common Era. After an overview of the source material, the article explores scribal authority, the organization of their textual materials, their interpretive practices, and epistemology. The conclusion offers thoughts about current debates and the trajectory of future studies.

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