Mesopotamian Wisdom

Nili Samet

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Ancient Near East History Biblical Studies and Interpretation Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies

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This chapter attempts to give the reader an up-to-date review of the corpus referred to by scholars as Mesopotamian wisdom literature. The following types of wisdom are presented and discussed: proverbs and instructions; vanity literature; pious sufferer compositions; perceptive hymns; riddles; fables; disputation poems; and folktales. For each type, a full list of currently known texts is presented, along with a review of its main characteristics and its relation to the concept of wisdom.

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