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- | Bendt Alster | + | ==== Alster, |
- | University of Copenhagen from 1965 to 1972 and received the doctoral | + | |
- | degree in 1975. Bendt spent one year in Rome at the Biblical | + | {{ http:// |
- | Institute (1968-69), and another (1970-71) at Harvard University | + | |
- | studying with Thorkild Jacobsen. | + | == Name == |
- | University Museum, Philadelphia, | + | Alster, |
- | 1993-94, as well as visiting scholar at the British Expedition to | + | == Dates == |
- | Iraq, Baghdad in 1990, and visiting scholar at the Babylonian | + | 26 July 1946 - 30 April 2012 |
- | Collection, Yale University, 1992. Bendt was external lecturer at the | + | |
- | University of Copenhagen from 1978 until 2005. | + | == Birthplace == |
+ | Denmark | ||
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+ | == Specialization == | ||
+ | Sumerology, Assyriology | ||
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+ | == Major works == | ||
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+ | Dumuzi' | ||
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+ | == Remarks == | ||
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+ | Bendt Alster | ||
+ | University Museum, Philadelphia, | ||
+ | Collection, Yale University, 1992. Bendt Alster | ||
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+ | == Obituaries == | ||
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+ | Bendt ranks among the most significant Sumerologists of the past half | ||
+ | century. His 1972 book, Dumuzi' | ||
+ | Myth, remains a poignant example of the potential of using literary | ||
+ | criticism in combination with traditional philology to advance our | ||
+ | understanding of ancient Mesopotamian texts. Dumuzi' | ||
+ | his 1997 Proverbs of Ancient Sumer, and his 2005 Wisdom of Ancient Sumer, | ||
+ | stand as the greatest testimonials to Bendt' | ||
+ | was another study, his 1992 article on the Early Dynastic proverbs (Archiv | ||
+ | für Orientforschung 38, 1-51) that Bendt once mentioned to us, in his modest | ||
+ | way, as his best work. | ||
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+ | Bendt was a generous teacher, and his interests were wide-ranging. He was | ||
+ | well-read in other disciplines, | ||
+ | literary studies and the history of religions. He never approached the study | ||
+ | of Sumerian literature as an isolated endeavour, but regarded it as part of | ||
+ | the general study of literature and always made reference to a wide array of | ||
+ | works from the classical tradition to the New Testament parables, over | ||
+ | Quranic literature to modern day classics from Russia, England and Denmark | ||
+ | when teaching his students. As one, small testimony to his inspiring | ||
+ | intellectual curiosity, he took up Arabic again last year - which he had not | ||
+ | used much since his classes with Professor Frede Løkkegaard in his youth. | ||
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+ | Bendt was a subtle translator. He always insisted that we should attempt to | ||
+ | render all Sumerian texts in modern languages, once mentioning in jest that | ||
+ | Sumerian was not yet part of the standard curriculum in high school. | ||
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+ | Only among his closer friends and colleagues was it known that Bendt also | ||
+ | was an accomplished photographer, | ||
+ | a very reputable viola. | ||
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+ | Bendt died Monday, April 30, 2012, following complications from surgery on a | ||
+ | fractured leg. He is survived by his wife, Norma. | ||
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+ | A summary of the works of Bendt Alster is being prepared for CDLI' | ||
+ | Wikipedia pages. | ||
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+ | Bendt will be greatly missed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Laura Feldt | ||
+ | & | ||
+ | Jacob L. Dahl | ||
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+ | == Obituary in Danish == | ||
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+ | Mindeord for Bendt Alster | ||
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+ | Bendt Alster blev født d.26. juli 1946. Bendt var blandt de få, som forsker i verdens ældste litteratur fra oldtidens Mesopotamien. Særligt specialiserede han sig i litteratur affattet på sumerisk og han var en af de mest fremragende sumerologer verden har set i de sidste 50 år. I sit arbejde kombinerede han med succes litteraturvidenskabelige tilgange med traditionel filologi og viste, hvor værdifuldt dette kan være for studiet af oldtidens litteratur fra myter, over ordsprog til visdomstekster, | ||
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+ | Jacob L. Dahl og Laura Feldt | ||
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+ | == Varia == | ||
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+ | == Bibliography == | ||
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+ | [[http:// |