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The flood: the Akkadian sources : a new edition, commentary, and a literary discussion / by Nathan Wasserman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wasserman, Nathan, author.
- Series:
- Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 1015-1850 290.
- Orbis biblicus et orientalis, 1015-1850 ; 290
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Genesis VI-IX--Extra-canonical parallels.
- Bible.
- Deluge--Sources.
- Deluge.
- Assyro-Babylonian literature.
- Akkadian language--Texts.
- Akkadian language.
- Extra-canonical parallels.
- Genre:
- Sources.
- Physical Description:
- 187 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven : Peeters, 2020.
- Summary:
- "The story of the primeval cataclysmic flood which wiped out all life on earth, save for one family, is found in different ancient Mesopotamian texts whence it reached the Biblical and Classical literary traditions. The present book systematically collects the earliest attestations of the myth of the Flood, namely all the cuneiform-written Akkadian sources - from the Old Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, including Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh -, presenting them in a new synoptic edition and English translation which are accompanied by a detailed philological commentary and an extensive literary discussion. The book also includes a complete glossary of the Akkadian sources."-- Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [175]-183) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789042941731
- 9042941731
- OCLC:
- 1149212538
- Publisher Number:
- 9789042941731
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