Ancient Near Eastern mythology [videorecording] / Shalom L. Goldman.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: FilmPublisher number: 2917 | Teaching Company2915--2916 | Teaching CompanySeries: Great courses (DVD)Publication details: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., c2003.Description: 4 videodiscs (180 min. each) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (ii, 52, ii, 51 ; 26 cm.)ISBN:
  • 1565857747 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • DVD BL 311 .G65 2003
Contents:
disc 1. lecture 1. Studying ancient Near Eastern myth -- lecture 2. The emergence of civilization in the Near East -- lecture 3. Hittites and Canaanites -- lecture 4. Archaeology, science and ideology -- lecture 5. Principles of writing systems -- lecture 6. Literary and religious aspects of myth -- disc 2. lecture 7. Ancient Near Eastern myths and the Bible -- lecture 8. The ancient gods : Egypt and Mesopotamia -- lecture 9. The ancient gods : Syria, Canaan -- lecture 10. The creation myths of Egypt and Mesopotamia -- lecture 11. Epics of the gods : Syria, Canaan -- lecture 12. The epic of Gilgamesh, part one --
disc 3. lecture 13. The epic of Gilgamesh, part two -- lecture 14. Myths of death and destruction, part one -- lecture 15. Myths of death and destruction, part two -- lecture 16. The individual and society : legal texts -- lecture 17. The individual and society : myth and legend -- lecture 18. Love, lust, and poetry -- disc 4. lecture 19. Marriage, divorce, and other arrangements -- lecture 20. Kingship and the gods -- lecture 21. Royal historians, poets and artists : Mesopotamia -- lecture 22. A royal couple : myth and reality -- lecture 23. Royal historians, poets and artists : Egypt -- lecture 24. Wisdom literature, Conclusion.
Lecturer: Shalom L. Goldman, Emory University.Summary: Twenty-four lectures (30 min. ea.) introduces the great myths of the ancient Near East, the region bound by Egypt and the Mediterranean in the west, Iran in the east, Anatolia in the north, and the Arabian peninsula in the south.
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Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 311 .G65 2003 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Part 1, Disc 1-2. 98625957
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 311 .G65 2003 PT.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Part 2, Disc 3-4. 98625981
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 311 .G65 2003 TRANS PT.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying transcript Pt. 1. 98625982
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 311 .G65 2003 TRANS PT.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .PUBLIC. Accompanying transcript Pt. 2. 98625983
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 311 .G65 2003 GDBK PT.1 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .CIRCNOTE. Accompanying guidebook inside dvd case. | .PUBLIC. Accompanying guidebook Pt. 1. 98645435
Book Storms Research Center Main Collection DVD BL 311 .G65 2003 GDBK PT.2 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available .CIRCNOTE. Accompanying guidebook inside dvd case. | .PUBLIC. Accompanying guidebook Pt. 2. 98645436

Compact discs.

Accompanying guides include biographical information, lecture notes and outlines, timelines, glossaries, and bibliographical references.

In two containers.

disc 1. lecture 1. Studying ancient Near Eastern myth -- lecture 2. The emergence of civilization in the Near East -- lecture 3. Hittites and Canaanites -- lecture 4. Archaeology, science and ideology -- lecture 5. Principles of writing systems -- lecture 6. Literary and religious aspects of myth -- disc 2. lecture 7. Ancient Near Eastern myths and the Bible -- lecture 8. The ancient gods : Egypt and Mesopotamia -- lecture 9. The ancient gods : Syria, Canaan -- lecture 10. The creation myths of Egypt and Mesopotamia -- lecture 11. Epics of the gods : Syria, Canaan -- lecture 12. The epic of Gilgamesh, part one --

disc 3. lecture 13. The epic of Gilgamesh, part two -- lecture 14. Myths of death and destruction, part one -- lecture 15. Myths of death and destruction, part two -- lecture 16. The individual and society : legal texts -- lecture 17. The individual and society : myth and legend -- lecture 18. Love, lust, and poetry -- disc 4. lecture 19. Marriage, divorce, and other arrangements -- lecture 20. Kingship and the gods -- lecture 21. Royal historians, poets and artists : Mesopotamia -- lecture 22. A royal couple : myth and reality -- lecture 23. Royal historians, poets and artists : Egypt -- lecture 24. Wisdom literature, Conclusion.

Lecturer: Shalom L. Goldman, Emory University.

Twenty-four lectures (30 min. ea.) introduces the great myths of the ancient Near East, the region bound by Egypt and the Mediterranean in the west, Iran in the east, Anatolia in the north, and the Arabian peninsula in the south.

DVD, region 1.

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