“wish to express my sincerest and most heartfelt thanks to the Jayne Memorial Foundation and its board of trustees, which selected me as the annual lecturer for 1942 to speak on the subject of Sumerian mythology. I also acknowledge my… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
“In spite of the land's natural drawbacks, they turned Sumer into a veritable Garden of Eden and developed what was probably the first high… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
“wish to express my sincerest and most heartfelt thanks to the Jayne Memorial Foundation and its board of trustees, which selected me as the… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
“To be sure, the would-be decipherers did have one advantage. Long before Botta and Layard had begun their excavations, a limited number of inscriptions… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
“proposed undertaking. The latter advises him first to acquaint the sun-god, Utu, with his plan, for it is Utu who has charge of the… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
“12 Divine Retribution and National Catastrophe Jahweh's wrath and the humiliation and destruction of the people that incurs it constitute an often repeated theme… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
“Personal God To judge from the covenant between God and Abraham-note, too, the reference to a "god of Nahor" in Genesis 31:53-the ancient Hebrews… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
I discovered that in life, one has got to serve to be observed, if one serve not, one will probably be reserved. Don't wisdom… — Samuel Noah Kramer Copy Share Image
