The Ark Before Noah: Decoding The Story Of The Flood
by Irving Finkel /
2014 / English / EPUB
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The recent translation of a Babylonian tablet launches a
groundbreaking investigation into one of the most famous stories in
the world, challenging the way we look at ancient
history.
The recent translation of a Babylonian tablet launches a
groundbreaking investigation into one of the most famous stories in
the world, challenging the way we look at ancient
history.
Since the Victorian period, it has been understood that the story
of Noah, iconic in the Book of Genesis, and a central motif in
Judaism, Christianity and Islam, derives from a much older story
that existed centuries before in ancient Babylon. But the
relationship between the Babylonian and biblical traditions was
shrouded in mystery. Then, in 2009, Irving Finkel, a curator at the
British Museum and a world authority on ancient Mesopotamia, found
himself playing detective when a member of the public arrived at
the museum with an intriguing cuneiform tablet from a family
collection. Not only did the tablet reveal a new version of the
Babylonian Flood Story; the ancient poet described the size and
completely unexpected shape of the ark, and gave detailed boat
building specifications. Decoding this ancient message wedge by
cuneiform wedge, Dr. Finkel discovered where the Babylonians
believed the ark came to rest and developed a new explanation of
how the old story ultimately found its way into the Bible. In
Since the Victorian period, it has been understood that the story
of Noah, iconic in the Book of Genesis, and a central motif in
Judaism, Christianity and Islam, derives from a much older story
that existed centuries before in ancient Babylon. But the
relationship between the Babylonian and biblical traditions was
shrouded in mystery. Then, in 2009, Irving Finkel, a curator at the
British Museum and a world authority on ancient Mesopotamia, found
himself playing detective when a member of the public arrived at
the museum with an intriguing cuneiform tablet from a family
collection. Not only did the tablet reveal a new version of the
Babylonian Flood Story; the ancient poet described the size and
completely unexpected shape of the ark, and gave detailed boat
building specifications. Decoding this ancient message wedge by
cuneiform wedge, Dr. Finkel discovered where the Babylonians
believed the ark came to rest and developed a new explanation of
how the old story ultimately found its way into the Bible. InThe Ark Before Noah
The Ark Before Noah, Dr. Finkel takes us on an adventurous
voyage of discovery, opening the door to an enthralling world of
ancient voices and new meanings.
, Dr. Finkel takes us on an adventurous
voyage of discovery, opening the door to an enthralling world of
ancient voices and new meanings.