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Book contents
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENESIS LEGENDS
- CHAPTER II BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE
- CHAPTER III CHALDEAN LEGENDS TRANSMITTED THROUGH BEROSUS AND OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS
- CHAPTER IV BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY
- CHAPTER V BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION
- CHAPTER VI OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION
- CHAPTER VII THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU
- CHAPTER VIII THE EXPLOITS OF DIBBARA
- CHAPTER IX BABYLONIAN FABLES
- CHAPTER X FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS
- CHAPTER XI THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS
- CHAPTER XII MEETING OF HEA-BANI AND IZDUBAR
- CHAPTER XIII DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA
- CHAPTER XIV THE ADVENTURES OF ISTAR
- CHAPTER XV ILLNESS AND WANDERINGS OF IZDUBAR
- CHAPTER XVI THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER XVII CONCLUSION
- INDEX
CHAPTER VI - OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 June 2015
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- CHAPTER I THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENESIS LEGENDS
- CHAPTER II BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE
- CHAPTER III CHALDEAN LEGENDS TRANSMITTED THROUGH BEROSUS AND OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS
- CHAPTER IV BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY
- CHAPTER V BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION
- CHAPTER VI OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION
- CHAPTER VII THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU
- CHAPTER VIII THE EXPLOITS OF DIBBARA
- CHAPTER IX BABYLONIAN FABLES
- CHAPTER X FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS
- CHAPTER XI THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS
- CHAPTER XII MEETING OF HEA-BANI AND IZDUBAR
- CHAPTER XIII DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA
- CHAPTER XIV THE ADVENTURES OF ISTAR
- CHAPTER XV ILLNESS AND WANDERINGS OF IZDUBAR
- CHAPTER XVI THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND CONCLUSION
- CHAPTER XVII CONCLUSION
- INDEX
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- The Chaldean Account of GenesisContaining the Description of the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, the Tower of Babel, the Desruction of Sodom, the Times of the Patriarchs, and Nimrod, pp. 91 - 114Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2015First published in: 1876