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- catalog abstract "Addressed to students of classical mythology, religion, and comparative mythology, this volume contains myths of creation from three ancient cultures. Included are selections from the Hebrew Bible, the Mesopotamian Enuma Elish and Atrahasis, and Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days. The texts are complemented by essays on the cultural contexts in which the myths arose.".
- catalog contributor b1562972.
- catalog contributor b1562973.
- catalog created "c1982.".
- catalog date "1982".
- catalog date "c1982.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c1982.".
- catalog description "Addressed to students of classical mythology, religion, and comparative mythology, this volume contains myths of creation from three ancient cultures. Included are selections from the Hebrew Bible, the Mesopotamian Enuma Elish and Atrahasis, and Hesiod's Theogony and Works and Days. The texts are complemented by essays on the cultural contexts in which the myths arose.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 201-206.".
- catalog description "Part One: Creation of the cosmos -- 1. From Mesopotamia: Enuma Elish -- 2. From Israel: The creation hymn (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) -- 3. From Greece: Hesiod's Theogony".
- catalog description "Part Three: The cultural background -- 7. Mesopotamia: A culture based on writing -- 8. Israel: A culture based on monotheism -- 9. Greece: A culture based on conflict -- 10. Women in the three cultures -- Conclusion on comparing myths -- Appendix: Ovid on creation (Metamorphoses 1:1-150).".
- catalog description "Part Two: Creation of the human race -- 4. From Mesopotamia: Atrahasis -- 5. From Israel: Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:4b-3:24) -- 6. From Greece: Pandora and the five ages (Hesiod's Works and Days, 47-201)".
- catalog extent "xi, 211 p. ;".
- catalog hasFormat "In the beginning.".
- catalog identifier "0891305599 (pbk.)".
- catalog isFormatOf "In the beginning.".
- catalog isPartOf "American Academy of Religion aids for the study of religion ; no. 11.".
- catalog isPartOf "American Academy of Religion aids for the study of religion series ; no. 11".
- catalog issued "1982".
- catalog issued "c1982.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Chico, CA : Scholars Press,".
- catalog relation "In the beginning.".
- catalog subject "BL226 .O27 1982".
- catalog subject "Creation.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part One: Creation of the cosmos -- 1. From Mesopotamia: Enuma Elish -- 2. From Israel: The creation hymn (Genesis 1:1-2:4a) -- 3. From Greece: Hesiod's Theogony".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part Three: The cultural background -- 7. Mesopotamia: A culture based on writing -- 8. Israel: A culture based on monotheism -- 9. Greece: A culture based on conflict -- 10. Women in the three cultures -- Conclusion on comparing myths -- Appendix: Ovid on creation (Metamorphoses 1:1-150).".
- catalog tableOfContents "Part Two: Creation of the human race -- 4. From Mesopotamia: Atrahasis -- 5. From Israel: Adam and Eve (Genesis 2:4b-3:24) -- 6. From Greece: Pandora and the five ages (Hesiod's Works and Days, 47-201)".
- catalog title "In the beginning : creation myths from ancient Mesopotamia, Israel, and Greece / Joan O'Brien, Wilfred Major.".
- catalog type "text".