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The Babylonian Genesis

The Story of Creation

by Alexander Heidel

A translation of Enuma Elish and other Babylonian creation stories with a careful comparison to the opening chapters of Genesis. Heidel concluded that the similarities were real but the differences fundamental, a judgement that shaped later discussion.

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