Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels

Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 284
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ISBN-10 : 0226323986
ISBN-13 : 9780226323985
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Book Synopsis Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels by : Alexander Heidel

Download or read book Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels written by Alexander Heidel and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1949 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cuneiform records made some three thousand years ago are the basis for this essay on the ideas of death and the afterlife and 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 and other related Babylonian and Assyrian documents. He compares them with corresponding portions of the Old Testament in order to determine the inherent historical relationship of Hebrew and Mesopotamian ideas.


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