Heidel
Babylonian Genesis (Phoenix Books)
- ISBN 13:
- 9780226323992
- author:
- Heidel
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 1963
- Pages:
- 153
- Dimensions:
- 13.21 x 1.02 x 20.32 centimetres
- Genre:
- Myths & mythology
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 10 working days
Description
The Babylonian Genesis: The Story of Creation
A comprehensive translation of all extant cuneiform tablets of Babylonian creation stories, this volume offers a complete and authoritative account of the origins of Judeo-Christian creation accounts.
Renowned scholar Alexander Heidel provides detailed introductions to each creation story, as well as translations and discussions of two Babylonian versions written in Greek. The book concludes with an examination of the Babylonian creation accounts in relation to Old Testament literature.
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