Myths from Mesopotamia

2000 Literary Collections

Author : Stephanie Dalley
Release : 2000
Genre : Literary Collections
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Book Rating : 360/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book Myths from Mesopotamia written by Stephanie Dalley. This book was released on 2000. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Mesopotamian Myths

2020-01-19 History

Author : Matt Clayton
Release : 2020-01-19
Genre : History
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Download or read book Mesopotamian Myths written by Matt Clayton. This book was released on 2020-01-19. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book includes two captivating manuscripts: Mesopotamian Mythology: A Captivating Guide to Ancient Near Eastern Myths Sumerian Mythology: Captivating Myths of Gods, Goddesses, and Legendary Creatures of Ancient Sumer and Their Importance to the Sumerians

The Garden of Eden Myth

2010-11-01 Religion

Author : Walter Mattfeld
Release : 2010-11-01
Genre : Religion
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Book Rating : 302/5 ( reviews)

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Download or read book The Garden of Eden Myth written by Walter Mattfeld. This book was released on 2010-11-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scholarly proposals are presented for the pre-biblical origin in Mesopotamian myths of the Garden of Eden story. Some Liberal PhD scholars (1854-2010) embracing an Anthropological viewpoint have proposed that the Hebrews have recast earlier motifs appearing in Mesopotamian myths. Eden's garden is understood to be a recast of the gods' city-gardens in the Sumerian Edin, the floodplain of Lower Mesopotamia. It is understood that the Hebrews in the book of Genesis are refuting the Mesopotamian account of why Man was created and his relationship with his Creators (the gods and goddesses). They deny that Man is a sinner and rebel because he was made in the image of gods and goddesses who were themselves sinners and rebels, who made man to be their agricultural slave to grow and harvest their food and feed it to them in temple sacrifices thereby ending the need of the gods to toil for their food in the city-gardens of Edin in ancient Sumer.

Babylonian Creation Myths

2013-09-26 History

Author : Wilfred G. Lambert
Release : 2013-09-26
Genre : History
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Download or read book Babylonian Creation Myths written by Wilfred G. Lambert. This book was released on 2013-09-26. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Mesopotamian Myths

1990-01-01 Literary Criticism

Author : Henrietta McCall
Release : 1990-01-01
Genre : Literary Criticism
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Download or read book Mesopotamian Myths written by Henrietta McCall. This book was released on 1990-01-01. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Briefly describes the rediscovery and decipherment of the Mesopotamian myths and legends, introduces and retells the Epic of Gilgamesh, and others, and examines their importance, both past and present

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