吉尔伽美什史诗ppt.pdf

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1、TheEpicofGilgameshTheCuneiformTextofTheEpicofGilgameshM10-09TheEpicofGilgameshHistoryoftheTextHistoryoftheText•theSumerianepicepicisnowlost•mostimportantextantversionsofTheTheEpicofGilgameshEpicofGilgamesh:–OldBabylonianversion(ca.1800BCE)–Assyrianversion(ca.700BCE)•modernedi

2、torshavereassembledthestoryfromfragmentssuchasthese•inthiscontext,coherenceisimpossibleTheEpicofGilgameshTheHeroGilgameshTheHeroGilgamesh••GilgameshGilgameshispart-mortalpart-immortal–one-thirdhuman,two-thirdsgod–fromthisthestorypresumesthathewilldie•complication:he’sbetterth

3、ananyonearoundhimandsohebullieseveryoneM10-10TheEpicofGilgameshTheHeroGilgameshTheHeroGilgamesh•cf.GilgameshI.67-8,71-72TheyoungmenofUrukheharrieswithoutwarrant,Gilgameshletsnosongofreetohisfather...ItishewhoisshepherdofUruk-the-Sheepfold,butGilgameshletnodaughtergofreetoherm

4、other.•sothepeopleofUrukcomplaintothegodsM10-10TheEpicofGilgameshNephilimNephilim•“sonsofGod”(beneelohim,Psalms29:1)–cf.Genesis6:4Thereweregiants(nephilim)intheearthinthosedays;andalsoafterthat,whenthesonsofGodcameinuntothedaughtersofmen,andtheybarechildrentothem,thesamebecam

5、emightymenwhichwereofold,menofrenown.–noexplanationofwhothesonsofGodare•theNephilimNephilim(ortheirdescendants)arethesinnersGoddestroysintheFloodTheEpicofGilgameshNephilimNephilim•cf.theCanaanitetraditionoftheseventysonsofElandseventysonsofElandAsherahAsherah–theentouragewhof

6、ollowtheprincipalgodElaround–buttheCanaaniteterm“sons”isliteral,whereastheHebrewtermisfigurative•cf.lightningasGod’sswordM10-11TheEpicofGilgameshNephilimNephilim•theNephilimarelikeGilgameshinthatbotharesemi-divinebeing/s•also,bothoversteptheirboundsandcauseproblems–cf.themoti

7、fofthe“fallenangel”•e.g.SatanintheBible•Prometheus(thefire-bringer)inGreekmythTheEpicofGilgameshadomadom•thegodsdecidetocreateEnkiduasacompanionforGilgamesh–a“playmate”whoislikehimandcaninteractwithhimonhisownlevel•themother-goddessArurumoldsEnkidufromalumpofclay–helivesamong

8、thewildcreaturesandfreesthemfromthehunters’nets–thehunterscomplainto