Abstract
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.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Wiley Blackwell Companion to Wisdom Literature |
| Publisher | Wiley-Blackwell |
| Pages | 328-348 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781119158288 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781119158233 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 14 Feb 2020 |
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Keywords
- Akkadian wisdom literature
- Mesopotamian wisdom literature
- Pious sufferer literature
- Proverbs and instructions
- Sumerian wisdom literature
- Vanity literature