Such lyrical poise is unusual in Mesopotamian literature. Most surviving texts are legal codes, myths, or royal inscriptions. One of the oldest surviving Babylonian clay tablets is a 3,700-year-old ...

When J. Frederic Voros Jr. and his wife, Vicki Voros, were married in 1976, they received as a wedding present a hand-stitched sampler with the words “This is the day which the Lord hath made; we will ...