Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of Creation Volume 2

by L. W. King (Editor), Paul Tice (Foreword by)

Overview

The Babylonian and Assyrian Legends Concerning the Creation of the World and of Mankind. The Enuma Elish is one of the oldest stories known to mankind. It is a story first written down by the ancient Sumerians thousands of years ago. As a one time assistant in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum, L.W. King provides us with a qualified translation of the tablets which were originally written in cuneiform script. The Enuma Elish is receiving renewed interest from modern researchers delving into the origins of mankind, the earth, and the solar system. Over the centuries a copy ended up in the library at Nineveh in the 7th century B.C., and was uncovered by archaeologists in the late 1800s. Written in cuneiform text and preserved on seven clay tablets, the entire story was called "The Seven Tablets of Creation." After being translated the story revealed how the planets became aligned, how a cosmic catastrophe affected the earth, how mankind came upon the scene, and how the "gods" played a role in all of it. The Seven Tablets of Creation have had many profound implications since they were first discovered and subsequently published. They predate many parts of the Book of Genesis as well as other worldwide creation myths. Volume One includes this epic poem's English translation. It also includes information on parallels in Hebrew literature, the date and origin of the Babylonian creation legends, and more. Volume Two includes other accounts of creation, an Assyrian "Tower of Babel" story, and supplementary texts showing the actual cuneiform tablets.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781585090426
Publisher:	Book Tree, The
Publication date:	07/19/1999
Series:	Enuma Elish Series , #2
Pages:	260
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.59(d)

Table of Contents

Volume 2
	Transliterations and Translations
II.	Other Accounts of the History of Creation
I.	Another Version of the Dragon-Myth	116
II.	A Reference to the Creation of the Cattle and the Beasts of the Field	122
III.	A Reference to the Creation of the Moon and the Sun	124
IV.	An Address to the River of Creation	128
V.	Another Version of the Creation of the world by Marduk	130
VI.	The "Cuthaean Legend of the Creation"	140
	Appendices
I.	Assyrian Commentaries and Parallel Texts to the Seventh Tablet of the Creation Series	157
II.	On some Fragments of the Series Enuma Elish, and on some Texts Relating to the History of Creation	182
III.	On some Traces of the History of Creation in Religious and Astrological Literature	204
IV.	Supposed Assyrian Legends of the Temptation and the Tower of Babel	219
V.	A "Prayer of the Raising of the Hand" to Ishtar	222
	Indices, Glossary, Etc.
I.	Index to Texts
A.	Cuneiform Texts from Babylonian Tablets, Etc., in the British Museum, Part XIII (1901), Plates 1-41	239
B.	Supplementary Texts, Published in Vol. II, Plates I-LXXXIV	241
C.	Supplementary Texts, Published in Appendices I, II, and III	244
II.	Index to Registration Numbers	245
III.	Glossary of Selected Words	251
IV.	Index to Names of Deities, Stars, Places, Etc.	266
	Plates
I.	The Sixth Tablet of the Creation Series	VIII
II.	The First Tablet of the Creation Series	XXXV
III.	The Second Tablet of the Creation Series	XLIII
IV.	The Fourth Tablet of the Creation Series	XLVII
V.	The Fifth Tablet of the Creation Series	LI
VI.	The Seventh Tablet of the Creation Series	LXI
	Supplementary Texts
	Preface	XI
	Creation Series, Tablet I	I
	Creation Series, Tablet II	XIV
	Creation Series, Tablet III	XXV
	Creation Series, Tablet VI	XXXV
	Creation Series, Tablet VII	XXXVIII
	A Text Relating to Creation	XLIX
	Appendix I	LI
	Appendix II	LXIV
	Appendix III	LXVII
	Appendix IV	LXXIII
	Appendix V	LXXV
	Index to Plates	LXXXV
	Plate: The Third Tablet of the Creation Series