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Book Description
- Title:
- The Chaldean Account of Genesis containing the description of creation, the fall of man, the deluge, the tower of babel, the times of the patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods; from the Cuneiform inscriptions
- Authors:
- George Smith [1840-1876]
- Publication Year:
- 1876
- Location:
- London
- Publisher:
- Sampson Low, Marston, Searl, and Rivington
- Pages:
- 319
- Subjects:
- Babylonia, Archaeology, Ancient Near East, Gilgamesh Epic, Genesis
- Copyright Holder:
- Public domain
Table of Contents
- The Discovery of the Genesis Legends
- Babylonian and Assytian Literature
- Chladean Legends Transmitted Through Berosus and Other Ancient Authors
- Babylonian Mythology
- Babylonian Legend of the Creation
- Other Babylonian Accoumts of the Creation
- The Sin of the God Zu
- The Exploits of Lubrara
- Babylonian Fables
- Fragments of Miscellaneous Texts
- The Izdubar Legends
- Meeting of Heabani and Izdubar
- Destruction of the Tyrant Humbara
- The Adventures of Ishtar
- Illness and Wanderings of Izdubar
- The Story of the Flood and Conclusion
- Conclusion
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