1.5 Hell: Views of the Underworld in Mesopotamia

On the Descent Of Inanna- Follow along here!
A long video but hopefully informative. Those with short attention spans see the study guide and summery link.

Descent Of Inanna
http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr141.htm

Study guide and summery:
http://faculty.gvsu.edu/websterm/Inanna.htm
http://www.halexandria.org/dward387.htm

The Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature
http://www-etcsl.orient.ox.ac.uk/

Geshtinanna = "the leafy grapevine," literally, "Lady of the Vine." who replaces Dumuzi

On Dumuzi:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tammuz_(deity)

Eze 8:14 Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which was toward the north; and, behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.

DESCENT OF THE GODDESS ISHTAR INTO THE LOWER WORLD
http://www.sacred-texts.com/ane/ishtar.htm

Extra Credit:

Replacement Theology: or Supersessionism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supersessionism

Atonement Theology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atonement#Etymology

Resurrection theology:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resurrection_of_the_dead

Baptism
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptism

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[possum2u]

I love this literature! the video could not be to long for me! LOL!

[wayman29]

@possum2u Thanks for watching! You are most kind. If you have anything to add on the topic feel free to add it in the comments!

[8WholeThing]

I think Dumuzid asking for snake hands and snake feet was asking that his arms and legs would disappear to escape from the demons.

What is the meaning of the lacerations?

[wayman29]

lacerations were signs of mourning I believe. Thanks for viewing this long draw out video. I discuss it more in the section on the Canaanites. I believe I may have lost everyone else as these move along. I'll give some dates for these texts in my next video. Thanks for commenting.

[8WholeThing]

After viewing this last night, I attended "to Live Forever" at the Columbus Museum of Art, displaying Egyptian funeral art, staturay, coffins, and accesories. They explain that the dead were buried with things they would need. Men were buried with tools and weapons while women were buried with jewelry and cosmetics.

I think that is why the tale goes into what she carried, her mascara and what she had, even as far away as Sumeria.

When were these Sumerian texts written?