Atrahasis: An Ancient Hebrew Deluge Story and Other Flood Story FragmentsThe word Atrahasis means "extra wise" and refers to the earliest known version 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. |
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Contents
An Ancient Hebrew Deluge Story | 11 |
An Ancient Fragment of the Etana Legend | 33 |
A Fragment of the Adapa Legend | 39 |
Transliterations and Translations of the Deluge Stories | 58 |
Dynastic Lists of Early Babylonia | 84 |
Heliotype Reproductions VVII | v |
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Common terms and phrases
a-bu-bu a-ma a-na Adad Adapa Akkadian Amorite Amorite word Amurru Anunnaki at-ta Atra-basis Atrahasis Babylonia became bu-bu-ri-śi-na clamor Clay CoLUMN creation deity Delitzsch DELUGE STORY Dhorme dragon dynasty Eagle early period earth elippi Enlil Enuma Elish Erech Eridu Etana fig tree flood fragment Genesis Gilgamesh Epic gods Godspell Hallab Hammurabi heaven Hebrew Hebrew word hero historical Humbaba Huwawa iláni inscriptions ISBN Ishtar Jensen KB ki-ma Kingdom kings known land late redaction lord Lugal Lugal Marda mankind Marduk meaning mountain myth Neil Freer ni-śi-tu Nippur Nisaba º º ºft Old Testament omen originally Paul Tice personal name Poebel redactor refer Rogers Cuneiform Parallels root Scheil seems Serpent Shamash ship ſº Sumerian Syria Tammuz thou Tiamat trade paper translated transliteration Um-napishtim Ungnad West Semitic writer written in Sumerian Zecharia Sitchin Zi-à-suddu
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| Title | Atrahasis: An Ancient Hebrew Deluge Story and Other Flood Story Fragments |
| Authors | Albert T. Clay, Paul Tice |
| Translated by | Albert T. Clay |
| Contributor | Paul Tice |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Book Tree, 2003 |
| ISBN | 1585092282, 9781585092284 |
| Length | 108 pages |
| Subjects | › › History / Ancient / General Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / Old Testament Religion / Comparative Religion |
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