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Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels
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Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels Paperback - 1963

by Heidel, Alexander

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  • Title Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels
  • Author Heidel, Alexander
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 2nd
  • Condition Used - Good
  • Pages 280
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Chicago Press, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.
  • Date 1963-09-15
  • Features Bibliography
  • Bookseller's Inventory # GRP94603898
  • ISBN 9780226323985 / 0226323986
  • Weight 0.68 lbs (0.31 kg)
  • Dimensions 7.95 x 5.32 x 0.68 in (20.19 x 13.51 x 1.73 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African
    • Ethnic Orientation: African American
  • Library of Congress subjects Death, Deluge
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 49005734
  • Dewey Decimal Code 892.1

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First line

The Gilgamesh Epic, the longest and most beautiful Babylonian poem yet discovered in the mounds of the Tigro-Euphrates region, ranks among the great literary masterpieces of mankind.

From the rear cover

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 people of the Tigro-Euphrates Valley.

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About the author

Alexander Heidel was at the time of his death in 1955 on the research staff of the Oriental Institute, University of Chicago.