Ludlul bēl nēmeqi
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Ludlul bel nemeqi, Let Me Praise the Lord of Wisdom, is a Mesopotamian poem (ANET 434-437) that concerns itself with the problem of the just suffering afflictions they do not deserve. The author is tormented, but he doesn't know why. He has been faithful in all of his duties to the gods. He speculates that perhaps what is good to man is evil to the gods and vice versa. He is ultimately delivered from his sufferings.[1]
The poem has also been called the Poem of the Righteous Sufferer or the Babylonian Job.[2] However, the work is actually a hymn of thanksgiving to Marduk for recovery from illness[3].
[edit] References
- ^ John L. McKenzie, Dictionary of the Bible, Simon & Schuster, 1965 p 440.
- ^ [http://books.google.com/books?hl=en&lr=&id=2zffXWORVUcC&oi=fnd&pg=PA283&dq=Ludlul+b%C4%93l+n%C4%93meqi&ots=CyAZJhRlGg&sig=Y8TOFxz7Xjhykr68xwsltTzToRc#PPA284,M1 Gilbert, “Wisdom Literature”, Jewish Writings of the Second Temple Period, Uitgeverij Van Gorcum, 1984 p 284]
- ^ William L. Moran,Notes on the Hymn to Marduk in Ludlul Bel Nemeqi, in Journal of the American Oriental Society, Vol. 103, No. 1, Studies in Literature from the Ancient Near East, by Members of the American Oriental Society, Dedicated to Samuel Noah Kramer (Jan. - Mar., 1983), pp. 255-260
