Atra-ḫasīs
Author: Wilfred G. Lambert
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9781575060392
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Atrahasis
Author: Albert T. Clay
Publisher: Book Tree
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 112
ISBN-13: 9781585092284
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe word Atrahasis means extra wise and refers to the earliest known name of Noah, who built an ark and saved mankind from destruction. This is that story, from ancient Sumeria, which many scholars believe was the original from which all known flood stories came from. This was the most popular story in the ancient world and has survived for over five thousand years. It is the only one that all cultures, worldwide, seem to share. Why? Was there really a great flood? And why do we not explore the oldest known version carefully for clues? That is the purpose of this book, which also includes a number of other interesting flood story fragments and documents.
The Atrahasis Deciphered: An Atrahasis Retell As Understood, Retold and Questioned By Steven Q
Author: Steven Q
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2017-09
Total Pages: 74
ISBN-13: 1387201794
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Atrahasis Epic is one of the oldest creation and flood narratives, originally written in ancient cuneiform text and told over three tablets. This book takes the commonalities between the most well known translations and presents them in story form, as opposed to the verse format they were was originally translated into. The Epic is offered as an easy- to- read representation of both the ancient creation and flood stories synonymous with the Genesis accounts. For further understanding of the ancient Epic, the story is segmented into easily digestible sections with the addition of the author's explanations, comments and observations expressed in detailed footnotes that follow and blend with the Atrahasis story.
Myths from Mesopotamia
Author: Stephanie Dalley
Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 369
ISBN-13: 0199538360
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe 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.
Atrahasis
Author: Stephanie Paris
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2009-11-20
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1433393301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis myth from ancient Mesopotamia reveals a battle between good and evil, humans and gods. Who shall be victorious? Be prepared for destruction, heroism, survival, and so much more!
The Ark Before Noah
Author: Irving Finkel
Publisher: Anchor
Published: 2014-03-25
Total Pages: 446
ISBN-13: 0385537123
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe recent translation of a Babylonian tablet launches a groundbreaking investigation into one of the most famous stories in the world, challenging the way we look at ancient history. Since the Victorian period, it has been understood that the story of Noah, iconic in the Book of Genesis, and a central motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, derives from a much older story that existed centuries before in ancient Babylon. But the relationship between the Babylonian and biblical traditions was shrouded in mystery. Then, in 2009, Irving Finkel, a curator at the British Museum and a world authority on ancient Mesopotamia, found himself playing detective when a member of the public arrived at the museum with an intriguing cuneiform tablet from a family collection. Not only did the tablet reveal a new version of the Babylonian Flood Story; the ancient poet described the size and completely unexpected shape of the ark, and gave detailed boat building specifications. Decoding this ancient message wedge by cuneiform wedge, Dr. Finkel discovered where the Babylonians believed the ark came to rest and developed a new explanation of how the old story ultimately found its way into the Bible. In The Ark Before Noah, Dr. Finkel takes us on an adventurous voyage of discovery, opening the door to an enthralling world of ancient voices and new meanings.
Atrahasis--Reader's Theater Script & Fluency Lesson
Author: Stephanie Herweck Paris
Publisher: Teacher Created Materials
Published: 2014-03-01
Total Pages: 18
ISBN-13: 1425883494
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis myth-based reader's theater script builds fluency through oral reading. The creative script captures students' interest, so they will want to practice and perform. Included is a fluency lesson and approximate reading levels for the script roles.
Ea’s Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story
Author: Martin Worthington
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2019-10-29
Total Pages: 520
ISBN-13: 0429754507
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume opens up new perspectives on Babylonian and Assyrian literature, through the lens of a pivotal passage in the Gilgamesh Flood story. It shows how, using a nine-line message where not all was as it seemed, the god Ea inveigled humans into building the Ark. The volume argues that Ea used a ‘bitextual’ message: one which can be understood in different ways that sound the same. His message thus emerges as an ambivalent oracle in the tradition of ‘folktale prophecy’. The argument is supported by interlocking investigations of lexicography, divination, diet, figurines, social history, and religion. There are also extended discussions of Babylonian word play and ancient literary interpretation. Besides arguing for Ea’s duplicity, the book explores its implications – for narrative sophistication in Gilgamesh, for audiences and performance of the poem, and for the relation of the Gilgamesh Flood story to the versions in Atra-hasīs, the Hellenistic historian Berossos, and the Biblical Book of Genesis. Ea’s Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story will interest Assyriologists, Hebrew Bible scholars and Classicists, but also students and researchers in all areas concerned with Gilgamesh, word-play, oracles, and traditions about the Flood.
Gilgamesh
Author: Sophus Helle
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2021-01-01
Total Pages: 317
ISBN-13: 0300251181
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace "Sophus Helle's new translation . . . [is] a thrilling, enchanting, desperate thing to read."--Nina MacLaughlin, Boston Globe "Looks to be the last word on this Babylonian masterpiece."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post Gilgamesh is a Babylonian epic from three thousand years ago, which tells of King Gilgamesh's deep love for the wild man Enkidu and his pursuit of immortality when Enkidu dies. It is a story about love between men; loss and grief; the confrontation with death; the destruction of nature; insomnia and restlessness; finding peace in one's community; the voice of women; the folly of gods, heroes, and monsters--and more. Millennia after its composition, Gilgamesh continues to speak to us in myriad ways. Translating directly from the Akkadian, Sophus Helle offers a literary translation that reproduces the original epic's poetic effects, including its succinct clarity and enchanting cadence. An introduction and five accompanying essays unpack the history and main themes of the epic, guiding readers to a deeper appreciation of this ancient masterpiece.
Where Were You Before The Tree of Life? Volume 2
Author: Peter R. Farley
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2011-04-04
Total Pages: 198
ISBN-13: 1257373099
DOWNLOAD EBOOKVolume 2 of 9 These books are the first to fully map out the history of alien interaction with the Earth, past, present, and into the near future. Extending the work of noted researchers such as Erich Von Daniken and Zecharia Sitchin, the book series goal is to show its readers the extensive repercussions this interaction has had on life on this planet, especially its formative role in the global conspiracy known as the New World Order.
