Samuel Noah Kramer

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1.		Inanna, Queen of Heaven and Earth: Her Stories and Hymns from Sumer from Harper Perennial Price: $10.17 Customer Review: This translation/interpretation from the cuniform tablets gives an excellent feel for the culture from which this mythic cycle emmerged. The detailed information contextualizing the stories that forms the second half of the book is an invaluable resource for understanding the depth and breadth of... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

2.		The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character (Phoenix Books) from University Of Chicago Press Price: $18.00 Customer Review: Very good book to start reading about a people and a time that is hard to research and investigate.I think the author presented a very good account of the Sumerians and in a clear and concise manner.Excellent book!	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

3.		Sumerian Mythology: A Study of Spiritual and Literary Achievement in the Third Millennium B.C. (Forgotten Books) from Forgotten Books Price: $8.34 Customer Review: while i find this book a good read, i was left very unsatisfied. i felt there was much left out of this book that could have been touched on. also i found myself bored to death through the authors commentary on what little translation of the sumerian texts there were. while i was led to believe that... more info	Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

4.		History Begins at Sumer: Thirty-Nine Firsts in Recorded History from University of Pennsylvania Press Price: $15.30 Customer Review: The best way to get to know a culture is by it's own people. Kramer, the world's leading sumerlogist, brings to life Sumerian times by introducing us to the remnants of cuneiform tablets produced by the Sumerians. Spanning from expressions & sayings, a pupil arriving late at school, book-lists,... more info	Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

5.		Great Ages of Man: Cradle of Civilization: A History of the World's Cultures, Time Life Books from TLB	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

6.	[no image]	GREAT AGES OF MAN CRADLE OF CIVILIZATION from Time Inc.	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

7.	[no image]	SUMERIAN MYTHOLOGY A STUDY OF SPIRITUAL AND LITERARY ACHIEVEMENT IN THE THIRD MILLENNIUM B.C. from Harper & Brothers	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

8.	[no image]	The sacred marriage rite;: Aspects of faith, myth, and ritual in ancient Sumer from Indiana University Press Customer Review: While Kramer's theories and interpretations are truly interesting and provide good material for scholarly research and thought, the book has one major flaw: poor quotation of the texts themselves. If one can find other translations or read the originals themselves, one starts to wonder if Kramer is... more info	Customer Rating: 2.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

9.		Mythologies of the Ancient World from Anchor Customer Review: Ten leading scholars take a fresh look at ancient mythologies in a work that can be read with pleasure and intellectual profit by both the specialist and the general reader. Includes chapters on the mythologies of ancient Egypt, the Middle East, Greece, India, China, and more.	Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0 Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

10.	[no image]	Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East: Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer (American Oriental Series) from Eisenbrauns Price: $39.00	Click here for more information Buy from: United Kingdom

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