Marduk’s Basket and the Heavenly Treasury: Comparing Charity in the Dialogue of Pessimism and Sirach
Abstract The article treats the value of economic generosity (usātu) in the Babylonian Dialogue of Pessimism and compares it to almsgiving in the biblical book of Sirach. It attempts to resolve a longstanding obscurity: whether usātu is placed in Marduk’s “ring” (kippatu) or “basket” (qappatu). Exte...
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Brill
2021
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Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2021, Volume: 21, Issue: 2, Pages: 161-184 |
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Generosity
B heavenly treasury B Temple B Babylonian wisdom literature B Almsgiving |
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