The ark before Noah : decoding the story of the flood / Irving Finkel.
Publisher: New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday, [2014]Edition: First American editionDescription: 421 pages ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780385537117
- 299/.21 23
- BL1625.D4 F56 2014b
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"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.