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. |
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 |
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: translated by Maureen Gallery Kovacs. From
the Academy for Ancient Texts. |
Genesis: from the Hebrew Bible.
You can use this etext OR the version in your textbook. |
The
Epic of Gilgamesh: includes reviews of books about Gilgamesh,
analysis, links, etc. |
Greek and Biblical Parallels: Bibliography by Walter Mattfeld. |
Epic
of Gilgamesh: Tablet One,
with links to the other tablets |
World
Wide Study Bible |
The
Flood Narrative from Gilgamesh |
Various
translations of the Bible on the WWW |
Gilgamesh: a good etext of the epic
translated by a major scholar (Kramer), but perhaps without his
permission. |
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 |
A Babylonian
parallel to the story of Job |
Ancient Literature and Language:
A Brief History of Early Ancient Civilization by Mark Damon |
Introduction to the Old Testament (Hebrew Bible) with
Professor Christine Hayes. A wonderful free ecourse from Yale. |
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