Ea's Duplicity in the Gilgamesh Flood Story

By Martin Worthington

Book Overview

This volume opens up new perspectives on Babylonian and Assyrian literature, through the lens of a pivotal passage in the Gilgamesh Flood story. It shows how, using a nine-line message where not all was as it seemed, the god Ea inveigled humans into building the Ark.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032085851
• ISBN13: 9781032085852
• Release Date: June 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 524 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"