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by Dr Gwendo Leick (Author) "These lines from the seventeenth chapter of the Book of Revelation associate Babylon with depravity of the senses and the iniquities of fornication..." (more)
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"An excellent survey of wide interest to those interested in ancient Near Eastern literature and religion." -- Religious Studies Review

In this excellent study, Gwendolyn Leick presents an extensive body of Sumerian an dAkkadian cuneiform poems, magic spells, myths and stories bearing on a wide range of sexual themes.Antiquity

`In this excellent study, Gwendolyn Leick presents an extensive body of Sumerian an dAkkadian cuneiform poems, magic spells, myths and stories bearing on a wide range of sexual themes.' - Antiquity

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Sex and Eroticism in Mesopotamian Literature is a new contribution to current debates about sex and eroticism. It gives an insight into Mesopotamian attitudes to sexuality by examining the oldest preserved written evidence on the subject--the Sumero-Akkadian cuneiform sources--which were written between the 21st and the 5th centuries BC. Using this long-neglected and often astonishing data, Gwendolyn Leick is able to analyze Mesopotamian views of prostitution, love, magic and deviant sexual behavior, as well as the more general issues of sexuality and gender.

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