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Mesopotamian Cosmologies: Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

By Robert William Rogers

Book information

Publisher
Gorgias Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9781463217105
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4661246 bytes)
Pages
57\61
Time added
2023-05-28 23:15:28

Description

Originally the third in a series of five lectures delivered at Harvard University, this extract is an early attempt to tackle a formidable subject: the religion of ancient Iraq, or Mesopotamia. In this essay Rogers considers the great cosmologies of ancient Mesopotamia. In an easy narrative style, he recounts the discovery of the Enuma Elish and providing a brief summary of its contents. He makes a comparison of this cosmology with those of Genesis, demonstrating the interconnectedness of the ancient world of western Asia. Engaging and informative, Rogers’ narrative is accessible to the specialist and general reader alike.

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