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Sumerian Mythology by Samuel Noah Kramer (1998-10-01) Paperback – January 1, 1800

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    University of Pennsylvania Press; Revised edition (1998-10-01)
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B01FIZ2MBQ
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ University of Pennsylvania Press; Revised edition (1998-10-01) (January 1, 1800)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great Introduction
Reviewed in the United States on September 23, 2015
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For anyone who's researching Sumerian Mythology, this book belongs in your collection. Kramer is probably considered one of the top authorities in the subject. The electronic edition does suffer from awkward transitions from text to picture captions along with limited table of contents navigation. None of that should come as any shock to anyone who's purchased other books on the topic. Trivial complaints about electronic formatting aside, this is a great introduction into the world of Sumer at a very low cost. Kramer's approach is academic, but written in a style for all to understand and enjoy.
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Dane Allen
5.0 out of 5 stars Looking Back
Reviewed in the United States on May 22, 2016
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Sumerian Mythology ; Is a great read. I found it well researched and easy to understand. Mr. Kramer didn't look at the beliefs of The Sumerians, with the eye of a twenty-first century researcher, but of a forth millennium B.C.E. believer. It was interesting to see a connection between Ancient Sumerian mythology and the three major religions of today. If you want to find your religionist roots ? This is the book to read.
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Frank Holtry
4.0 out of 5 stars Good coverage of the more important Sumerian Myths
Reviewed in the United States on August 4, 2013
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It does a good job of covering the more important, better known myths, such as the Epic of Gilgamesh. It also does a good job pointing out where text is missing. Overall a valuable addition to my library. I only wish it contained more.
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Anne Hammond
3.0 out of 5 stars Light weight and opinionated
Reviewed in the United States on March 23, 2015
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Light weight and somewhat opinionated. Seems to represent the British PHD level prejudices about the native beliefs of the unwashed early natives of Iraq. Still it fills in gaps on Sumerian myths and beliefs.
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Star-guy
5.0 out of 5 stars Cogent look at Sumerian divinity stories
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2016
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A scholarly look at English translations of Sumerian tablets dealing with their creation story and stories of their gods. Well documented with footnotes.
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Bubba Seethos
1.0 out of 5 stars Save Your Money
Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2015
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I wanted to read the myths.
This is not the myths. This is instead a disjointed and confusing discussion of Kramer's research in the 1930's, the archaeological research of institutions long ago, and pretty well useless. If you want to read the stories, this is not the volume for you. Actually, I am not certain who might find this boring tome useful. Save your money.
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Wilbur F. Pierce
5.0 out of 5 stars THE book on the subject
Reviewed in the United States on February 19, 2019
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Kramer is the man in this world!
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Moral Innovator
2.0 out of 5 stars bits and pieces
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2013
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While there are interesting tidbits, this book is closer to a notebook written next the clay tablet rather than a book to be read as a story. More appropriate perhaps not as an ebook, since the heads and tails donot match. Looking forward to a more complete story, and understanding why there has not been nearly as many cuneiforms translated than other literature. Note in particular that cuneiform started as pictographs, and the timing is consistent with the invention of symbols from china through The Great Steppes where the Huns possibly could have been the Ordos people near Mongolia 60,000 years ago, after the Chinese Liujiang people migrated north 100,000 years ago due to global warming and then the Toba eruption 75,000 years in current day Indonesia.
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