Mesopotamian Myths

Name: Mesopotamian Myths
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ISBN: 9780292751309

ISBN-10: 0292751303

ISBN-13: 9780292751309

Edition: 1990

Authors: Henrietta McCall

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A vast legacy of powerful creative writing was revealed when nineteenth-century scholars managed to decipher the mysterious wedge-shaped symbols of cuneiform script, inscribed on clay tablets over 5,000 years ago by the ancient Mesopotamians. Strikingly familiar themes emerged, forcing the Victorian world to review its belief in the Bible as the sole source of literal truth. Imagine the impact of the Epic of Gilgameshthe saga of a man in search of the secret of eternal lifewhich includes scenes of a flood predating the story of Noah and the Ark. In contrast, an alternative version of human origins is described in the Mesopotamian Epic of Creation, while the tale of Etana foreshadows the…

Book details

List price: $14.95
Copyright year: 1990
Publisher: University of Texas Press
Publication date: 1/1/1990
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 80
Size: 7.00" wide x 9.50" long x 0.25" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English

Map
Introduction
Discovery and decipherment
Definitions and literary tradition
Gods and mortals, authors and audience
Gilgamesh and the FloodThe Epic of Creation
Shorter myths
Myth and meaning
Suggestions for further reading
Index and picture credits
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