Reviews for A Handbook on the Law of Shipping and Marine Insurance (1898)

The average rating for A Handbook on the Law of Shipping and Marine Insurance (1898) based on 2 reviews is 3.5 stars.

Review # 1 was written on 2018-05-03 00:00:00 Ira Tumblin If I had to recommend just one book on Mesopotamian religious culture, there's no question that I'd advocate on behalf of this masterpiece. Jacobsen's overview of the evolution of religious thought, literature, and ritual in Mesopotamia from the fourth through the first millenium BCE sets a very high bar. Jacobsen has a fine ear for the poetry of this material and is unerring in sounding its psychological depths. He does not lose sight of the historical realities that contextualize symbolic expressions of the Mesopotamian in the light of evolving political and technological developments. In short his presentation accounts for and accommodates the sacred and the profane aspects of religious literature. His philological work is likewise excellent and his translations of source material are simply the best I've seen. This book is of an entirely different order from the pioneering but awkward volumes that preceded it. Where Kramer and Chiera groped with fragments, Jacobsen lays before the reader extravagant riches.

Review # 2 was written on 2008-04-08 00:00:00 Courtney Spellicy Jacobsen was a true scholar and the book is a must for anyone interested in Mesopotamian religion. It contains some beautiful Sumerian etc. poetry. My favorite is the heart-breaking "Lament for Ur" by the city goddess Ningal (how she knew about, but could not avert the coming doom) and the appeal by the city god Nanna/Suen to his father Enlil, also in vain. BTW Nanna/Suen is a moon GOD, which defies claims of a universal link between the moon and a female goddess.