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The Buried Foundation of the Gilgamesh Epic: The Akkadian Huwawa Narrative
Author(s): Daniel E Fleming (Author), Assistant Professor of Hebrew Bible and Ancient Near Eastern Studies Sara J Milstein (Author)
- Publisher: SBL Press
- Publication Date: October 31, 2014
- Language: English
- Print length: 244 pages
- ISBN-10: 1628370327
- ISBN-13: 9781628370324
Book Description
Contrasts in characterization and narrative logic distinguish the adventure to defeat the monster Huwawa from what precedes and follows it in the Gilgamesh Epic. The Huwawa narrative stands on its own, so that the epic must have been composed from this prior Akkadian composition.
