Winners in a Contest of Love
February 14, 2008
Eisenbrauns has posted the winners of its ancient Near East poetry contest. I was tempted to submit something in Ugaritic; but after seeing that Hieroglyphic Luwian received only an honorable mention, I’m glad that I did not attempt.
Kudos to all who won. The level of erudition and plain-old geekdom is astounding. I cower in the presence of those such as you.
(HT: James Spinti)
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Ketuvim: the Writings of James R. Getz Jr. 
Jim,
It was totally arbitrary 🙂 You might have won.
James
James, it wasn’t totally arbitrary. Entries were judged, on style, form, creativity, and the quality of the English translation… pretty much anything except the ancient language. 🙂
Jim, there’s always next year.
Andy
Andy,
Are you implying that those who judged the contest were not fluent in Luwian, Hittite, Greek, Hebrew, Demotic, etc. etc.? I’m shocked! Shocked, I tell you!