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Babylonian Creation Myths
Author | : Wilfred G. Lambert |
Publsiher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 657 |
Release | : 2013-09-26 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781575068619 |
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For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.” Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.
The Seven Tablets of Creation
Author | : Leonard William King |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 135 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Akkadian language |
ISBN | : OCLC:878145130 |
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Babylonian Mythology
Author | : Don Nardo |
Publsiher | : Greenhaven Publishing LLC |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 2012-09-07 |
Genre | : Young Adult Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9780737766479 |
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This volume looks at Babylonian Mythology, drawing connections between ancient Babylonian culture and its myths, explaining how the beliefs, values, and experiences of that culture are represented in its treasured stories. Readers are treated to a map of ancient Mesopotamia, a family tree of the major gods, a table of major characters with name pronunciations with brief descriptions, sidebars, and fact boxes.
The Babylonian Genesis
Author | : Alexander Heidel |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 177 |
Release | : 2009-06-24 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780226112428 |
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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.
Myths from Mesopotamia
Author | : Stephanie Dalley |
Publsiher | : Oxford Paperbacks |
Total Pages | : 369 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : Literary Collections |
ISBN | : 9780199538362 |
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The stories translated here all of ancient Mesopotamia, and include not only myths about the Creation and stories of the Flood, but also the longest and greatest literary composition, the Epic of Gilgamesh. This is the story of a heroic quest for fame and immortality, pursued by a man of great strength who loses a unique opportunity through a moment's weakness. So much has been discovered in recent years both by way of new tablets and points of grammar and lexicography that these new translations by Stephanie Dalley supersede all previous versions. -- from back cover.
Myths of Babylon
Author | : J.K. Jackson |
Publsiher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 480 |
Release | : 2018-12-15 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781787556294 |
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Babylonian myths, inherited in Mesopotamia from Sumeria, influenced by the ancient Assyrians represent a pinnacle of human achievement in the period around 1800 BC. Here we find humankind battling with the elements in their Flood myth, a grim creation story and the great Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest recorded literary treasures. Babylon, a powerful city state at the time of the ancient Egyptians was a centre of profound spiritual, economic and military power, themes all represented in the fragments and myths of this book of classic tales. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.
Enuma Elish The Epic of Creation
Author | : L. W. King |
Publsiher | : Library of Alexandria |
Total Pages | : 24 |
Release | : 1902-01-01 |
Genre | : Fiction |
ISBN | : 9781465517708 |
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The Neo Assyrian Myth of I tar s Descent and Resurrection
Author | : Pirjo Lapinkivi |
Publsiher | : State Archives of Assyria Cuneiform Texts |
Total Pages | : 115 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Akkadian language |
ISBN | : 9521013338 |
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"Critical edition of the 'Descent of Iéstar to the Netherworld'"--p. v.