3000–2000 BC
This bookshelf gathers key texts and studies connected to the ancient Near East, Sumer, Egypt, and early religious traditions from 3000 to 2000 BC. These works introduce visitors to some of the earliest known civilizations, including Sumerian history and culture, the Gilgamesh tradition, ancient Near Eastern texts, world scripture, and Egyptian pyramid inscriptions. Together, they provide a foundation for understanding early writing, myth, religion, kingship, death, the afterlife, and the cultural worlds that shaped later civilizations.
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The Bible of the World
Edited by Robert O. Ballou in collaboration with Friedrich Spiegelberg, and with the assistance and advice of Horace L. Friess.
The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels
A companion to the author’s monograph The Babylonian Genesis. Contents: The Gilgamesh epic — Related material — Death and the afterlife — The story of the flood.
History Begins at Sumer
Published in 1956 under title: From the Tablets of Sumer.
The Sumerians: Their History, Culture, and Character
Subject: Sumerians.
The Pyramid Texts
The Pyramid Texts, in translation and commentary by Samuel A. B. Mercer, with excursuses by Hermann Kees and others. Four volumes.
Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament
Edited by James B. Pritchard.