The Babylonian Genesis
Subtitle: The Story of Creation
Edition: 2nd edition
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Published: September 15, 1963
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 153
ISBN-13: 9780226323992
Subjects: Alternative belief systems; Myths & mythology; Religion: general; World history; Social Science; Cosmogony, Babylonian; Sociology; Ancient - General; Comparative Religion; General; Social Science / General; Akkadian language; Creation; Texts
First sentence: OF ALL the Semitic inscriptions composed in cuneiform writing few have awakened as great a general interest as the epic known among the Babylonians and Assyrians as Enuma elish ("When above"), which takes its name from the opening words of the poem.