The Flood: The Akkadian Sources

A New Edition, Commentary, and a Literary Discussion

By (author) N. Wasserman

Book cover: The Flood: The Akkadian Sources

Extent: 197 pages

Publisher: Peeters Publishers

Subjects: Ancient Near East

Series: Orbis Biblicus et Orientalis

Series volume number: 290

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(March 2020)

ISBN: 9789042941731

Price: $90.00

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PDF (Published)

(March 2020)

ISBN: 9789042941748

Price: $90.00

The story of the primeval cataclysmic flood which wiped out all life on earth, save for one family, is found in different ancient Mesopotamian texts whence it reached the Biblical and Classical literary traditions. The present book systematically collects the earliest attestations of the myth of the Flood, namely all the cuneiform-written Akkadian sources-from the Old Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, including Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh-presenting them in a new synoptic edition and English translation which are accompanied by a detailed philological commentary and an extensive literary discussion. The book also includes a complete glossary of the Akkadian sources.


The story of the primeval cataclysmic flood which wiped out all life on earth, save for one family, is found in different ancient Mesopotamian texts whence it reached the Biblical and Classical literary traditions. The present book systematically collects the earliest attestations of the myth of the Flood, namely all the cuneiform-written Akkadian sources – from the Old Babylonian to the Neo-Assyrian and Neo-Babylonian periods, including Tablet XI of the Epic of Gilgamesh – presenting them in a new synoptic edition and English translation which are accompanied by a detailed philological commentary and an extensive literary discussion. The book also includes a complete glossary of the Akkadian sources.

  • By (author) N. Wasserman