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Babylonian
and Near Eastern Resources:
ancient Sumerian texts for studying the Bible |
The
Internet Sacred Text Archive: a rich resource that includes
sacred texts from all ages and all parts of the world. |
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The
Electronic Text Corpus of Sumerian Literature: this amazing site
has all of the Sumerian literary texts (including various stories
about Gilgamesh) in both transliterated
Sumerian AND English. |
The Bible and Interpretation:
Dedicated
to delivering the latest news, features, editorials, commentary,
archaeological interpretation and excavations relevant to the study
of the Bible for the public and biblical scholars.
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| Sumerian
Mythology |
Comparison
of the Babylonian and Noahic Flood Stories |
| Gilgamesh:
A musical interpretation by Tony Garone; images and notes for his
CD; worth a look and listen. |
Biblical
Archaeology Society |
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Notes on Gilgamesh: by my colleague,
history professor Dr. Charles Evans. |
Introduction to the Old Testament
(Hebrew Bible): a wonderful lecture course from Yale by
Professor Christine Hayes. |
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The
Epic of Gilgamesh: from Mark Damen's course
A Guide to Writing in History and Classics |
Old Testament Gateway:
"a comprehensive, annotated, academic directory of internet sites on
the Old Testament." |
| The
Epic of Gilgamesh: includes reviews of books about Gilgamesh,
analysis, links, etc. |
Canaan
and Ancient Israel: a virtual museum exhibit from the
University
of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. |
| Epic
of Gilgamesh: Tablet One,
with links to the other tablets |
World
Wide Study Bible |
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The
Flood Narrative from Gilgamesh |
Various
translations of the Bible on the WWW |
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Gilgamesh: a good etext of the epic
translated by a major scholar. |
The
Unbound Bible (searchable Bibles) |
| Images
of Women in Ancient Art: includes images and analysis |
Bible: from Wikipedia; all sorts of
useful information |
| International
World History Project: all sorts of historical information; follow
the main menu to see what is on this huge site. |
Numerology:
ancient ideas about the meaning of numbers; a student project |
| Art
of the First Cities: great images from ancient
Eurasian cities (ca
3,000-2,000 BCE), from Troy to the Indus Valley, from an exhibit at the Metropolitan
Museum of Art. |
Ancient
History Sourcebook |
| About
Cuneiform Writing |
Documentary Hypothesis: a clear explanation of the theory of
multiple authorship of the Hebrew Bible, with a helpful diagram. |
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Greek and Biblical Parallels (Bibliography): by Walter Mattfeld. |