Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament ParallelsCuneiform 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. |
Contents
THE GILGAMESH EPIC | 1 |
RELATED MATERIAL | 102 |
DEATH AND THE AFTERLIFE | 137 |
THE STORY OF THE FLOOD | 224 |
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according Anunnaki Ashur Assyrian Assyrian version Babylonian version barmaid Berossus biblical birds body bull of heaven burial caused cedar forest clay Column courtesan Cuneiform dead death deluge destroyed Deut divine double-hours dream dwell earth Ebeling Enkidu Enlil Enûma elish Ereshkigal evil father feet flood fragment gate Genesis Gilgamesh Epic gods grave hand hast thou heart Hebrew hero Humbaba Huwawa Ishtar Ishtar's descent king König land Leipzig lines living Lord mankind meaning Mesopotamian mountain Namtar Nergal nether world night Ninsun Nippur Noah Old Testament opened his mouth passage rain recension reference resurrection righteous says Schott in Zeitschrift Semitic shalt Shamash shar She'ôl ship sleep soul spirit steppe story Sumerian version Tablet XI thee thou didst tombs translation underworld unto Urshanabi Uruk Utnapishtim verse word Xisuthros Zeitschrift für Assyriologie Ziusudra