Comments on: Ideas of Origins and Creation in Ancient Mesopotamia, Part 1

By: Walter R. Mattfeld

Walter R. Mattfeld — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:13:44 +0000

What a shame that millions of Christians, Jews and Moslems are unaware that Adam and Eve are recasts of Enkidu and Shamhat from the Epic of Gilgamesh. cf. my website for articles on the subject.

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Fri, 04 May 2007 18:24:36 +0000

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Sat, 31 Mar 2007 15:14:53 +0000

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By: ilan

ilan — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 22:09:23 +0000

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Thu, 01 Mar 2007 03:02:02 +0000

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By: Charles Halton

Charles Halton — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 11:19:18 +0000

Just a comment on Joe’s comment concerning George’s work. This work includes most of the Gilgamesh texts in the Babylonian tradition, but there are a few that it does not include. There are a couple more newly found texts, nothing really earth-shattering though, that I don’t think made it into the volume.

By: Tyler F. Williams

Tyler F. Williams — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 16:43:07 +0000

Hey Joe… I was thinking of including George’s work, though I figured it was a bit too advanced and expensive for the average reader of this blog. That being said, if someone buys it through my blog, I could probably retire!

By: Joe Cathey

Joe Cathey — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 14:04:54 +0000

Tyler,

Might I also suggest A. R. George, The Babylonian Gilgamesh Epic: Introduction, Critical Edition and Cuneiform Texts – 2 vols. Oxford: OUP, 2003. The set is vastly expensive but a good academic library should have the set. I have the set myself (one of the perks of being an academic librarian). The set is a truly remarkable set with correct critical apparatus, photographs, and line drawings for all of the tablets in existance.