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The system that any language uses to express evaluations, judgments, estimations, and non-real situations tends to be complicated and poorly understood, and this has certainly been the case, historically, for Akkadian. In this study, Nathan Wasserman presents the fruit of 15 years of study of the epistemic modal system of Old Babylonian, which represents one of the better-known and best-documented periods of the Akkadian language.As Wasserman notes, the interplay of philology, linguistics, and psychology that are involved in understanding any modal system make coming to conclusions a difficult enterprise. And though many questions remain unanswered, in this clearly organized and presented monograph, he guides the reader through a study of each modal word/particle, its etymology, syntax, and usage, on the basis of an examination of most of the Old Babylonian examples published thus far. He thus arrives at a general view of epistemic modality in Old Babylonian.Wasserman’s monograph is a work that will add significantly to our understanding of Old Babylonian language and the interpretation of texts and will become the benchmark for further study of verbal modality in Akkadian and other Semitic languages.

Akkadian language --- Akkadien (Langue) --- Modality. --- Verb. --- Modalité --- Verbe --- Modality --- Verb --- Modalité --- Accadian language --- Assyrian language --- Assyro-Babylonian language --- Babylonian language --- Semitic languages --- Modalität --- Altbabylonisch --- FOREIGN LANGUAGE STUDY --- Foreign language study --- Language and education --- Language schools --- Arabic. --- Babylonisch --- Akkadien (langue) --- Modalité (linguistique)

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The story of the primeval cataclysmic flood which wiped out all life on earth, save for one family, is found in different ancient Mesopotamian texts whence it reached the Biblical and Classical literary traditions. The present book systematically collects the earliest attestations of the myth of the Flood, namely all the cuneiform-written Akkadian sources – from the Old Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, including Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh –, presenting them in a new synoptic edition and English translation which are accompanied by a detailed philological commentary and an extensive literary discussion. The book also includes a complete glossary of the Akkadian sources.

Deluge --- Déluge --- Assyro-Babylonian literature. --- Littérature assyro-babylonienne. --- Akkadian language --- Sources. --- Bible --- Extra-canonical parallels. --- Assyro-Babylonian literature --- Deluge. --- Flood, Biblical --- Catastrophes (Geology) --- Floods --- Religious aspects --- Bible. --- Déluge --- Littérature assyro-babylonienne.

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