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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...

Beauty and Divine Favor in the Ancient Near East and the Hebrew Bible

Explore how ancient Near Eastern royal ideology connected physical beauty to divine election and how this influenced the Hebrew Bible. This concept is...

The Divine Council and the Development of Bureaucracy

Explore how the biblical divine council evolved from an informal council of gods into a structured divine administration, and how its evolution follow...

The World Tree in Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Traditions

Explore how the image of a great tree at the center of the world was inherited from Mesopotamian myth into the Hebrew Bible and reshaped by later Jewi...

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,...

Protecting Widows, Orphans, and the Poor

Explore how the social obligation to protect the most vulnerable members of society evolved from ancient Near Eastern culture into the Hebrew Bible, p...

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Ancient Near East

Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 109 / Psalm 74:7 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 12 / Lamentations 2:21 Sumerian King List 1:1 / Genesis 5:1 Sumerian King List 1:6 / Genesis 4:2 Sumerian King List 1:8 / Genesis 5:21 Sumerian King List 1:9 / Genesis 5:28 Sumerian King List 1:11 / Genesis 7:17 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 400 / Ezekiel 7:15 / Lamentations 1:20 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 400 / Jeremiah 14:18 / Lamentations 1:20

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Hebrew Bible

Genesis 3:23 / LXX Genesis 3:23 Genesis 13:10 / Genesis 19:24 Isaiah 30:26 / 1 Enoch 72:37 Genesis 1:1 / Isaiah 65:17 Exodus 8:6 / Revelation 16:13 Psalm 82:6 / Isaiah 24:21 Ezekiel 2:2 / 1 Enoch 14:24 Daniel 12:1 / Luke 10:20 Genesis 2:4 / Genesis 14:19 Genesis 9:4 / Ezekiel 44:7 Daniel 4:11 / Irenaeus Demonstration of the Apostolic Preaching 46

Ancient Near East

Eridu Genesis / Genesis 7:3 Eridu Genesis / Genesis 7:10 Eridu Genesis / Genesis 2:7 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 356 / Lamentations 5:14 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 211 / Lamentations 4:2 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 269 / Lamentations 5:18 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 400 / Ezekiel 7:15 / Lamentations 1:20 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 400 / Jeremiah 14:18 / Lamentations 1:20 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 12 / Lamentations 2:21 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 393 / Lamentations 1:10 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Genesis 11:1 Epic of Gilgamesh XI / Ezekiel 14:21 The Instruction of Ankhsheshonq / Jeremiah 5:8 The Building of Ningirsu Temple / Ezekiel 43:2 Epic of Gilgamesh VI / Psalm 8:1 Epic of Gilgamesh VI / Genesis 7:11 Code of Ur Nammu / Exodus 22:22 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Judges 5:25 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Song of Solomon 4:11 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Song of Solomon 5:1 Enki and Ninhursag / Isaiah 11:6 A Hymn to Nungal / Malachi 3:16 A Hymn to Nungal / Luke 10:20 A Hymn to Nungal / Psalm 69:28 Surpu III / Exodus 20:5 Surpu IV / Isaiah 35:3 Surpu IV / Psalm 146:8 Code of Hammurabi / Exodus 21:28 Sumerian King List 1:1 / Genesis 5:1 Sumerian King List 1:8 / Genesis 5:21 Sumerian King List 1:11 / Genesis 7:17 Sumerian King List 1:6 / Genesis 4:2 Sumerian King List 1:9 / Genesis 5:28 Epic of Gilgamesh V / Ezekiel 31:3 Enki and Ninhursag / Ezekiel 47:1 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Daniel 4:11 Adapa and the South Wind 4 / Genesis 5:24 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Song of Solomon 2:6 The Dream of Gudea / Daniel 2:28

Deuterocanon

Wisdom of Solomon 5:18 / 1 Thessalonians 5:8

Pseudepigrapha

1 Enoch 60:7 / Jude 1:14

New Testament

Ephesians 6:11 / 4 Maccabees 13:16

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Ancient Near East

Eridu Genesis / Genesis 6:13 Eridu Genesis / Genesis 7:10 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 356 / Lamentations 5:14 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 211 / Lamentations 4:2 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 269 / Lamentations 5:18 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 400 / Ezekiel 7:15 / Lamentations 1:20 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 400 / Jeremiah 14:18 / Lamentations 1:20 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 12 / Lamentations 2:21 Lamentations over the Destruction of Ur 393 / Lamentations 1:10 Enmerkar and the Lord of Aratta / Genesis 11:1 The Building of Ningirsu Temple / Ezekiel 43:2 The Dream of Gudea / Ezekiel 1:4 Instruction of Amenemope / Leviticus 19:36 Code of Ur Nammu / Exodus 22:22 A Praise Poem of Shulgi / Psalm 45:2 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Judges 5:25 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Song of Solomon 4:11 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Song of Solomon 5:1 A Hymn to Nungal / Malachi 3:16 A Hymn to Nungal / Luke 10:20 Sumerian King List 1:1 / Genesis 5:1 Sumerian King List 1:8 / Genesis 5:21 Sumerian King List 1:11 / Genesis 7:17 Sumerian King List 1:6 / Genesis 4:2 Sumerian King List 1:9 / Genesis 5:28 Lamentation Over the Destruction of Sumer and Ur 109 / Psalm 74:7 The Courtship of Inanna and Dumuzi / Song of Solomon 2:6 The Dream of Gudea / 1 Chronicles 28:19 The Dream of Gudea / Exodus 25:40 The Dream of Gudea / Daniel 2:32 The Dream of Gudea / 1 Kings 3:5 The Dream of Gudea / Daniel 2:28

Glossary Terms

Enki Mesopotamia Sumer Sumeria Sumerian Sumerians

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Reference Library

A Biblical Parallel to a Sumerian Temple Hymn? Ezekiel 40–48 and Gudea

Sharon, Diane M. • Journal of the Ancient Near Eastern Society, Vol. 24, No. 1 • 1996

Sacred Marriages: The Divine-Human Sexual Metaphor from Sumer to Early Christianity

Day, Peggy L. • Eisenbrauns • 2008

The World’s Oldest Literature: Studies in Sumerian Belles-Lettres

Hallo, William W. • Brill • 2010

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