{"product_id":"atra-hasis-the-babylonian-story-of-the-flood-with-the-sumerian-flood-story-9781575061849","title":"Atra-Hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood, with the Sumerian Flood Story","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Wilfred G. Lambert | Alan R. Millard | Miguel Civil\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Eisenbrauns\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Eisenbrauns\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: African\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Babylonian flood story of Atra-hasis is of vital importance to ancient Near Eastern and biblical scholars, as well as students of history, anthropology, and comparative religion. Professors Lambert and Millard provide the reader with a detailed introduction, transliterated Akkadian with English translation, critical notes, and line drawings of the cuneiform tablets.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe epic opens in a time when only the gods lived in the universe. Having decided on their established spheres of influence, the chief Mesopotamian gods--Anu, Enlil, and Enki--began their divine labors. In a joint effort, Enki and Mami (the mother goddess) engineered the creation of mankind from clay and the flesh and blood of a slain god. The remainder of the story recounts the expansion of humanity, the consequent irritation of Enki by this expansion, the attempt by Enki and Enlil to destroy humankind through a great flood, and the escape from the flood by Atra-hasis in a boat, accompanied by his possessions, family, and animals.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis classic scholarly edition of the epic is once again made available as a quality Eisenbrauns reprint.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eisenbrauns","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47614564958359,"sku":"9781575061849","price":3526.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781575061849.webp?v=1775094629","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/atra-hasis-the-babylonian-story-of-the-flood-with-the-sumerian-flood-story-9781575061849","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}