Creation Stories of the Middle East

Name: Creation Stories of the Middle East
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ISBN: 9781853026812

ISBN-10: 1853026816

ISBN-13: 9781853026812

Edition: 2000

Authors: Ewa Wasilewska

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This is a comprehensive study of the myths about the beginnings of the cosmos, earth and humankind in Ancient Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Anatolia, Syria-Palestine and Persia. Reference is made to archaeological and other data, including folk tales.

Book details

List price: $55.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Publication date: 11/15/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 224
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English



Acknowledgments


Introduction



Written Sources



In Search of Foundation: The Sumerian Origin



In Search of Control: The Egyptian Theologies



In Search of Tolerance: Anatolian, Canaanite and Persian Sources



In Search of One God: Biblical and Quranic Attempts on Reconciling Realities



Creation of the Universe



Out of the Watery Abyss



Divine Order and Its Creators



Almost Divine? Chosen People



Creation and Destruction of Humankind



Accident or Intention? The Egyptian Lack of Interest in Human Creation



Of Mud and/or Divine



Paradise: Divine or Human?



Were Gods Mad? The Destruction of Humankind



The End



Where Do We All Go?


References



Maps



Chronological Outline of Middle Eastern History


Index