In the Beginning: Creation Myths from Ancient Mesopotamia, Israel and Greece
by:
Joan O'Brien (author)
Addressed to students of classical mythology, religion, and comparative mythology, this volume contains myths of creation from three ancient cultures. Included are selections from the Hebrew Bible, the Mesopotamian Enuma Elish and Atrahasis, and Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days. The texts are...
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Addressed to students of classical mythology, religion, and comparative mythology, this volume contains myths of creation from three ancient cultures. Included are selections from the Hebrew Bible, the Mesopotamian Enuma Elish and Atrahasis, and Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days. The texts are complemented by essays on the cultural contexts in which the myths arose.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780891305590 (0891305599)
Publish date: January 1st 1982
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Pages no: 224
Edition language: English