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    Ludlul bēl nēmeqi ("I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom"), also sometimes known in English as The Poem of the Righteous Sufferer, is a Mesopotamian poem...
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    Marduk (redirect from Bel-Merodach)
    Ninisina shares similar motifs with the Prayer to Marduk no.1 and Ludlul bel nemeqi, where Marduk's anger is blamed for some certain ailment affecting...
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    as The Babylonian Theodicy (sometimes called The Babylonian Job), Ludlul bēl nēmeqi ("I Will Praise the Lord of Wisdom" or "The Poem of the Righteous...
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  • Perhaps the most notable were the Poem of the Righteous Sufferer (Ludlul bēl nēmeqi) and the Babylonian Theodicy. Included in this group are a number...
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    in the Lions' Den") is based on the classic Babylonian folk-tale Ludlul Bel Nemeqi, telling of a courtier who suffers disgrace at the hands of evil enemies...
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    Egyptian Instruction of Amenemope, Papyrus Anastasi I 1300 BC: Akkadian Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, the Dream of Kurigalzu, The Hemerology for Nazi-Maruttaš, Iqqur Ipuš...
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    Jung Book of Job in Byzantine illuminated manuscripts Moralia in Job Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, the "Babylonian Job" Testament of Job Chapter 28, previously read...
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    in the ancient near east. A text from the 2nd millennium BC, the Ludlul Bēl Nēmeqi, says "Wherever the earth is laid, and the heavens are stretched out"...
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    reflect this section of the myth. Zarpanitu is also referenced in Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, where the protagonist prays to her at the Kaḫilisu ("gate sprinkled...
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    (Hemerology for Nazi-Maruttaš), and his appearance in the period piece Ludlul bēl nēmeqi, which was set during his reign. Nazi-Maruttaš faced a growing threat...
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