Babylonian Disputation Poems

Enrique Jiménez, PhD (2013), Complutense University Madrid, is Senior Editor at the Cuneiform Commentaries Project (Yale University). He specializes in literary and scholarly texts from first millennium BCE Babylonia, and has published several articles on the topic.

• AcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsI. The Mesopotamian Disputation PoemsII. The Series of the PoplarIII. Palm and VineIV. The Series of the SpiderV. The Story of the Poor, Forlorn WrenVI.1. Series of the FoxVIII. BibliographyA Syriac Dialogue Poem between the Vine and Cedar by Dawid bar PawlosIndices

“The present book is an exemplary model for editing and commenting upon ancient texts, and almost every approach has been taken into account. Apart from accurate critical editions, the author provides detailed discussions of the genre, Sitz im Leben, style, and reception history of disputation poems in general and of each individual text. Detailed remarks elucidate individual philological points, such as the identification of the laurel tree, which add great interest to general discussions of theory.” - Markham J. Geller, in Society for Old Testament Study Book List 2019