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The ark before Noah : decoding the story of the flood / Irving Finkel.

By: Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2014]Edition: First American editionDescription: 421 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780385537117
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299/.21 23
LOC classification:
  • BL1625.D4 F56 2014b
Contents:
About this book -- The wedge between us -- Words and people -- Recounting the flood -- The ark tablet -- Flood warning -- The question of shape -- Building the arks -- Life on board -- Babylon and Bible floods -- The Judaean experience -- What happened to the ark? -- What is the ark tablet? -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: ghosts, reincarnation and Babylonian learning -- Appendix 2: revisiting Gilgamesh, tablet XI -- Appendix 3: building the ark: technical report -- Appendix 4: reading the ark tablet.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks BL1625 .D4 F56 2014B (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 33039001335529

"Originally published in Great Britain by Hodder & Stoughton, an Hachette UK company, London, in 2014."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

About this book -- The wedge between us -- Words and people -- Recounting the flood -- The ark tablet -- Flood warning -- The question of shape -- Building the arks -- Life on board -- Babylon and Bible floods -- The Judaean experience -- What happened to the ark? -- What is the ark tablet? -- Conclusions -- Appendix 1: ghosts, reincarnation and Babylonian learning -- Appendix 2: revisiting Gilgamesh, tablet XI -- Appendix 3: building the ark: technical report -- Appendix 4: reading the ark tablet.

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