num_pages: 280
description: Cuneiform records made some 3000 years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death &amp; the afterlife &amp; the story of the flood which were current among the ancient peoples of the Tigro-Euphrates Valley. With the same careful scholarship shown in his previous volume, The Babylonian Genesis, Heidel interprets the famous Gilgamesh Epic &amp; other related Babylonian &amp; Assyrian documents. He compares them with corresponding portions of the Old Testament in order to determine the inherent historical relationship of Hebrew &amp; Mesopotamian ideas.PrefaceList of Symbols &amp; Special CharactersThe Gilgamesh epicRelated material Death and the afterlifeThe story of the flood
language: English
title: The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels
titlecomplete: The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels
genres: Mythology, Religion, Literature, Archaeology, History, Christianity
ratings_count: 69
publisher: Phoenix Books/University of Chicago Press (IL)