The most magic word : essays on Babylonian and Biblical literature

Author(s)

• Moran, William L.
• Hendel, Ronald S.

Bibliographic Information

The most magic word : essays on Babylonian and Biblical literature

by William L. Moran ; edited by Ronald S. Hendel

（The Catholic Biblical quarterly, . Monograph series ; 35）

Catholic Biblical Association of America, c2002

Note

Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Description and Table of Contents

Description

This book brings together a valuable collection of 14 previously published essays (and one not published) filled with insight and erudition by William L. Moran. He for many years was the Andrew Mellon Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He had studied with W. F. Albright, Benno Landsberger, and Thorkild Jacobson and taught Assyriology at Harvard. They include ""The Creation of Man in Atrahasis I 192-249""; ""New Evident from Mari on the History of Prophecy""; The ANE Background of the Love of God in Deuteronomy""; ""The Babylonian Job"" and ""The epic of Gilgamesh: A Document of Ancient Humanism.

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Details

• NCID: BA90732338
• ISBN:
  • 0915170345
• LCCN: 2002010486
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
• Pages/Volumes: x, 212 p.
• Size: 23 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PJ3611
  • DC21 : 492/.1
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Assyro-Babylonian literature -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Assyro-Babylonian literature -- Relation to the Old Testament
  • LCSH : Gilgamesh
  • LCSH : Atrahasis (Old Babylonian epic)
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA14254623