Reviews

Enuma Elish: The Seven Tablets of the History of Creation by Leonard W. King

jmwise1's review

2011 or 2010 in high school English Lit class 10th grade

ivellon's review

3.0

This book contains the Enuma Elish (the Babylonian creation myth) as well as several connected texts. It is conceived for an academic audience. Many of the mostly philogical explanations might be tedious for a layperson purly interested in the myths. Not all of the presented texts are translated.
Note that the translations are over 100 years old and that they are outdated now. Today, we have more fragments and a greater knowledge on their background. Therefore, in my opinion, the value of this book today solely lies in the philogical notes and it is not recommendable as a "story book".

Vol. 2 contains the cuneiform texts.

cambrand's review

adventurous informative mysterious fast-paced

4.5

autistic_dragon's review

mysterious medium-paced

3.25

nicole6559's review

2.0

Though this book detail ancient Sumerian mythology, I did not enjoy it at all. I gained some insight into what they believed, but the text is so dull.

mirandagabrielle's review

adventurous informative reflective medium-paced

3.0

stephen_coulon's review

adventurous informative mysterious medium-paced

3.0

seldias's review against another edition

dark informative inspiring tense fast-paced

5.0

srtx_999's review

informative fast-paced

3.0