Adad guppi autobiography books
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Brewer - Adad Guppi
Brewer - Adad Guppi
The Theological Presentation of the Queen Mother in 1 and 2 Kings
by
Ginny Brewer-Boydston, B. S., M.Div., Th.M.
A Dissertation
Approved by the Department of Religion
William H. Bellinger, Jr., Ph.D., Chairperson
Submitted to the Graduate Faculty of
Baylor University in Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
of
Doctor of Philosophy
Approved by the Dissertation Committee
William H. Bellinger, Jr., Ph.D., Chairperson
Joel S. Burnett, Ph.D.
Luke Ferretter, Ph.D.
Accepted by the Graduate School
December 2011
J. Larry Lyon, Ph.D., Dean
The Queen Mother of Babylonia
The only Babylonian queen mother’s name to have survived is that of Adad- Guppi,
sometimes spelled Adda-guppi. She was not the wife of a king but the mother of a non-
royal son, Nabonidus (556-538 BCE), who became the last king of the Neo- Babylonian
empire. She somehow seems to have played a part in managing his succession to the
throne despite him not being the son of the previous king, Labashi- Marduk, or his father,
Neriglassar.44 Before Nabonidus’ succession, Adad-guppi had attained considerable
influence in the kingdom.45 In her autobiography, she claims to have reverenced and
watched over Nabopolassar, Nebuchadnezzar, and Neriglassar. T
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Adad-guppi
649–547 b.c.e.
Queen Mother
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Contemporary compositions with Daniel: Autobiography of Adad-Guppi and Nabonidus' stelae
koot van wyk (DLitt et Phil; ThD)
Kyungpook National University
Sangju Campus
South Korea
conjoint lecturer of Avondale College
13 June 2010
The texts are fascinating. What we bring together here on the same table for investigation is the autobiography of Adad-Guppi and Nabonidus' stelae.
Four stelae were discovered in 1906 and in 1957 respectively, but they all belong to the same set that were originally placed at the temple of the moongod Sin in Harran. Harran is a city in North-west Mesopotamia and is situated near the Euphrates.
A drama played itself before our eyes and all are confirmed and talked about in Daniel, the Autobiography of Nabonidus' mother, Adad-Guppi and by Nabonidus himself, the father of the last king of Babylon, Belshazzar.
Modern excavations of the text
Text H1A was found in 1906 by H. Pognon about six km north of Harran. It was an Autobiography of Adad-Guppi the mother of Nabonidus and also Nabonidus' funeral description of his mother. Bandits robbed it out of the mosque and carried it 6km to the north of Harran.
Text H1B was found at the Harran Mosque excavated in 1956, revealed in 1957. The stela was found upside down and reused