Download or read book Figurative Language in the Ancient Near East written by M. J. Geller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2005-11-18 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A group of scholars from Britain, Holland, Germany, and Israel met at the WarburgInstitute and the School of Oriental and African Studies in November 1983, to discuss theuse of figurative language in Sumerian, Akkadian, Ugaritic, and biblical Hebrewliterature. The papers were presented in memory of Henri Frankfort, and consequentlyalso took into account figurative expression in ancient art and architecture. The originalimpetus for the colloquium came from Thorkild Jacobsen's extended visit to London asguest of the British Academy, and all of the participants came to honour both Frankfort'smemo.