Comments on: COS in a Year: Anyone Else In?

By: Joseph Kelly

Joseph Kelly — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:01:39 +0000

There were some pretty important contexts to which Ecclesiastes belongs that were left out as well–Shiduri’s advice to Gilgamesh not being the least of them.

By: Charles Halton

Charles Halton — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:55:27 +0000

That would be very nice, John. Also, if they would include more of some of the selections–like the 50 names of Marduk in Enuma Elish– it would be better as well.

By: anummabrooke

anummabrooke — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 04:15:46 +0000

I’m with you there, John: then my joy would be complete! And while I’ve never had Sumerian, I would love to have a good chunk of bilingual Sumerian texts ready to hand, alongside comparable Akkadian and Egyptian stuff, and enjoy myself seeing what I could puzzle out over time of the Sumerian. If anything, I’d be more inclined to hunt down an opportunity to pick up the Sumerian.

By: John Hobbins

John Hobbins — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:50:58 +0000

But wouldn’t it be more fun to have bilingual editions of the COS materials? I would rather read through COS with normalized Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, Aramaic, Phoenician, and Egyptian on one side, and English on the other.

I admit I’ve forgotten my Sumerian and I never learned Egyptian. But still.

By: tleves

tleves — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:50:33 +0000

Me too.

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 17:37:21 +0000

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By: Bryan Bibb

Bryan Bibb — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:43:47 +0000

Oooh, me too! This is a perfect use for JP's excellent work here: http://www.accordancebible.com/about/articles/cos.php

By: Joseph Kelly

Joseph Kelly — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 15:24:35 +0000

I am in.

http://kolhaadam.wordpress.com/2010/01/08/introducing-this-week-in-the-context-of-scripture/