The Ark Before Noah: Decoding the Story of the Flood

by Irving Finkel

Book Overview

When a small, peculiar, palm-sized clay tablet made its way to the desk of Irving Finkel, Assyriologist and Assistant Keeper at the British Museum, Finkel could hardly believe his luck. What he discovered was a missing piece in the story of Noah and the Ark. In this captivating, absorbing work of scholarship, Finkel, a world authority on ancient Mesopotamia, leads the reader on a detective hunt for the prototype of Noah's Ark--from cuneiform wedges...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345804392
• ISBN13: 9780345804396
• Release Date: March 2015
• Publisher: Anchor Books
• Length: 480 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.1" x 8.0"