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The Primordial History: Genesis 1–11 and the Ancient Near East

Explore key narratives in Genesis 1–11, from creation to Babel, compared with their Mesopotamian, Egyptian, and Sumerian counterparts to reveal how Is...

Melammu: Divine Radiance in the Ancient Near East and Biblical Traditions

Explore how Melammu, the awe-inspiring radiance of gods and kings in ancient Mesopotamia, originated in the overwhelming brightness of the sun and sta...

From the Tablet of Destinies to the Book of Life

Explore how the Mesopotamian idea of divine tablets that tracked everyone's destiny evolved through the Hebrew Bible, Second Temple Jewish literature,...

Matching Reference Citations

Hebrew Bible

2 Samuel 18:18 / Isaiah 57:8 Psalm 84:11 / Isaiah 60:2

Ancient Near East

Royal Inscriptions of Tiglath-Pileser 1 / Ezekiel 32:5 Enuma Elish I / Exodus 32:32

Glossary Terms

Cuneiform Cuneiforms

Reference Library

Cursed Are You! The Phenomenology of Cursing in Cuneiform and Hebrew Texts

Kitz, Anne Marie • Penn State University Press • 2021