Kramer, Samuel Noah <br/><br/>
The sacred marriage rite; aspects of faith, myth, and ritual in ancient Sumer 

 - Bloomington, IN  Indiana Univ. Press  c1969 
 - xv, 170p.; illus.; bibliog. notes; glossary 
<br/><br/>1 The Sumerians; history, culture, and literature. 2 The poetry of Sumer; repetition, parallelism, epithet, simile. 3 The sacred marriage; origin and development. 4 The sacred marriage and Solomon's Song of Songs. 5 The sacred marriage; death and resurrection 
<br/><br/> 'Through the identification and restoration of a varied assortment of Sumerian literary compositions inscribed on scores of tablets, Kramer is able to present an authoritative account of the ancient Mesopotamian cult involving the shepherd-god Dumuzi and the goddess Inanna, and an analysis of its central tradition, the Sacred Marriage Rite.' 
<br/><br/> Hardcover 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>253-35035-2 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>73-85090 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Mesopotamia--Religion<br/>Marriage--Sacred