Enuma Elish

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This open access book is the first in a groundbreaking series making Babylonian literature accessible. It presents <i>Enuma Elish</i> in transcription and translation, with an introduction for non-specialist readers and essays from leading scholars in the field.Acting as a companion to the poem, the book provides readers with the tools they need to explore <i>Enuma Elish</i> in greater depth. Essays cover important historical and contextual information, offer discussions of key topics and explanations of technical terms, as well as suggestions of relevant further reading. The book¿s interpretive and reflective approach, which pays special attention to questions of poetic style, intertextual resonance, and literary and cultural significance, encourages a greater understanding of the poem as a work of literature while remaining grounded in philology.The critical essays examine <i>Enuma Elish</i> and the following themes: the poem¿s rhythm and style; its modern receptions, issues of gende