The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels (Phoenix Books)
Cuneiform records made some three thousand years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death and the afterlife and the story of the flood which were current among the ancient people of the Tigro-Euphrates Valley.
Cuneiform records made some three thousand years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death and the afterlife and the story of the flood which were current among the ancient people of the Tigro-Euphrates Valley.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780226323985 (0226323986)
Publish date: September 15th 1963
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Pages no: 269
Edition language: English
Can be a bit hard to get through, of course, but overall a very interesting read, especially for one with an interest in history and the evolution of mythology, so on and so forth.I admit that when I read this way back when I didn't get through the essays that make up the second half... which is odd...
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