From Adapa to Enoch

From Adapa to Enoch
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Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
Total Pages : 300
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ISBN-10 : 3161544560
ISBN-13 : 9783161544569
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Book Synopsis From Adapa to Enoch by : Seth L. Sanders

Download or read book From Adapa to Enoch written by Seth L. Sanders and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2017-06-07 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book asks what drove the religious visions of ancient scribes. During the first millennium BCE both Babylonian and Judean scribes wrote about and emulated their heroes Adapa and Enoch, who went to heaven to meet their god."--Preface, p. [v].


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