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The Babylonian Genesis : the story of the creation / Alexander Heidel. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Chicago, Illinois : University of Chicago Press, (c)1951.Edition: second editionDescription: xi, 153 pages plates, map. 20 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0226323994
Uniform titles:
  • Enuma elish. English.
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BS1236.B339 1951 |
  • BS1236.H453.B339 1951
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Contents:
LIST OF SYMBOLS AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS -- Enuma Elish -- Related Babylonian creation stories -- Old Testament parallels.
Summary: Here is a complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the various Babylonian creation stories, of both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian material. Each creation account is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the age and provenance of the tablets, the aim, and purpose of the story, etc. Also included is a translation and discussion of two Babylonian creation versions written in Greek. The final chapter presents a detailed examination of the Babylonian creation accounts in their relation to our Old Testament literature. https://www.amazon.com/Babylonian-Genesis-Story-Creation/dp/0226323994/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6XKGXWTTKZ90&keywords=0226323994&qid=1677086396&sprefix=0226323994%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-1 AMAZON
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LIST OF SYMBOLS AND SPECIAL CHARACTERS -- Enuma Elish -- Related Babylonian creation stories -- Old Testament parallels.

Here is a complete translation of all the published cuneiform tablets of the various Babylonian creation stories, of both the Semitic Babylonian and the Sumerian material. Each creation account is preceded by a brief introduction dealing with the age and provenance of the tablets, the aim, and purpose of the story, etc. Also included is a translation and discussion of two Babylonian creation versions written in Greek. The final chapter presents a detailed examination of the Babylonian creation accounts in their relation to our Old Testament literature. https://www.amazon.com/Babylonian-Genesis-Story-Creation/dp/0226323994/ref=sr_1_1?crid=6XKGXWTTKZ90&keywords=0226323994&qid=1677086396&sprefix=0226323994%2Caps%2C82&sr=8-1 AMAZON

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