Noah's Ark and the Ziusudra Epic
Author | : Robert M. Best |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Robert M. Best |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 312 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Irving Finkel |
Publisher | : Anchor |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2014-03-25 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0385537123 |
The recent translation of a Babylonian tablet launches a groundbreaking investigation into one of the most famous stories in the world, challenging the way we look at ancient history. Since the Victorian period, it has been understood that the story of Noah, iconic in the Book of Genesis, and a central motif in Judaism, Christianity and Islam, derives from a much older story that existed centuries before in ancient Babylon. But the relationship between the Babylonian and biblical traditions was shrouded in mystery. Then, in 2009, Irving Finkel, a curator at the British Museum and a world authority on ancient Mesopotamia, found himself playing detective when a member of the public arrived at the museum with an intriguing cuneiform tablet from a family collection. Not only did the tablet reveal a new version of the Babylonian Flood Story; the ancient poet described the size and completely unexpected shape of the ark, and gave detailed boat building specifications. Decoding this ancient message wedge by cuneiform wedge, Dr. Finkel discovered where the Babylonians believed the ark came to rest and developed a new explanation of how the old story ultimately found its way into the Bible. In The Ark Before Noah, Dr. Finkel takes us on an adventurous voyage of discovery, opening the door to an enthralling world of ancient voices and new meanings.
Author | : Fergus Mason |
Publisher | : BookCaps Study Guides |
Total Pages | : 64 |
Release | : 2013-10-29 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 1629171301 |
For thousands of years, the story of Noah has been one of the greatest epics ever wrote. This compelling book looks into the Biblical story from an historical standpoint. It looks at what the ark would have looked like, what society looked like, and the several archaeological quests to discover the ark. The book looks at the story from an unbiased viewpoint; it presents both sides (those who believe the story was true, and those who do not), and let’s the reader decide what they believe.
Author | : Gerald Massey |
Publisher | : Cosimo, Inc. |
Total Pages | : 1108 |
Release | : 2011-12-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1616405570 |
Egyptologist Gerald Massey challenged readers in A Book of the Beginnings to consider the argument that Egypt was the birthplace of civilization and that the widespread monotheistic vision of man and the metaphysical was, in fact, based on ancient Egyptian mythos. In The Natural Genesis, presented here in an omnibus edition, Massey delivers a sequel, delving deeper into his compelling polemic. In Volume I, he offers a more intellectual, fine-tuned analysis of the development of society out of Egypt. From the simplest signs (numbers, the cross) to the grandest archetypes (darkness, the mother figure), Massey carefully and confidently lays the cultural and psychosocial bricks of evolutionism. Volume II provides detailed discourse on the Egyptian origin of the delicate components of the monotheistic creed. With his agile prose, Massey leads an adventurous examination of the epistemology of astronomy, time, and Christology-and what it all means for human culture. British author GERALD MASSEY (1828-1907) published works of poetry, spiritualism, Shakespearean criticism, and theology, but his best known works are in the realm of Egyptology, including The Book of the Beginnings, The Natural Genesis, and Ancient Egypt: The Light of the World.
Author | : J. David Pleins |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 257 |
Release | : 2009-08-19 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0199733635 |
The story of Noah's flood is one of the best-loved and most often retold biblical tales, the inspiration for numerous children's books and toys, novels, and even films. Whether as allusion, archetype, or literal presence--the American landscape is peppered with "recreations" of the ark--the story of Noah's animals and the ark resonates throughout American culture and the world.While most think of Noah's ark as a dramatic myth, others are consumed by the quest for geological and archeological proof that the flood really occurred. Persistent rumors of a large vessel on the mountain of Ararat in Turkey, for instance, have led many pilgrims and explorers over the centuries to visit that fabled peak. Recent finds suggest that there may have been a catastrophic flood on the shores of the Black Sea some 7,600 years ago. Is this then the reality behind the ancient tale of Noah? More to the point, why does it matter?What does the story of the Flood mean to us and why does it so stir the collective imagination? When the Great Abyss Opened examines the history of our attempts to understand the Flood, from medieval Jewish and Christian speculation about the physical details of the ark to contemporary efforts to link it to scientific findings. Unraveling the mythical dimensions of the parallel Mesopotamian flood stories and their deeper social and psychological significance, J. David Pleins also considers the story's positive uses in theology and moral instruction. Noah's tale, however, has also been invoked as a means of justifying exclusion, racism, and anti-homosexual views. Pro-slavery advocates, for example, used the story of Noah's Curse on Ham's son Canaan to rationalize the enslavement of Africans.Throughout this expansive and lively book, Pleins sheds new light on our continuing attempts to understand this ancient primal myth. Noah's Flood, he contends, offers a unique case study that illuminates the timeless and timely question of how fact and faith relate.
Author | : George Smith |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 422 |
Release | : 1880 |
Genre | : Bible |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Harris Kakoulides |
Publisher | : Harris Kakoulides |
Total Pages | : 100 |
Release | : |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
This is the second edition of the evidence for Noah's flood Story in the Bible
Author | : Ross Marshall |
Publisher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 338 |
Release | : |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 1387711873 |
Author | : Wilfred G. Lambert |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 1999 |
Genre | : Literary Criticism |
ISBN | : 9781575060392 |
Originally published: Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969.
Author | : Norman Cohn |
Publisher | : Yale University Press |
Total Pages | : 174 |
Release | : 1999-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780300076486 |
An exploration of the origins, development, and varying interpretations of the ancient story of Noah's flood, and an assessment of its impact on the history of ideas. It includes accounts of the scholars and theologians who have endorsed or rejected the flood story.