Enuma Elis sive Epos Babylonicum de Creatione Mundi (Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici)

Deimel, P. Antonius. Enuma Elis sive Epos Babylonicum de Creatione Mundi (Scripta Pontificii Instituti Biblici). Rome: Pontificum Institutum Biblicum , 1936. Second edition. 4to. viii, 42pp. Original brown paper wrappers with black lettering and the emblem of the Pontifical Biblical Institute. First printed in 1934, this work offers the original text of the Babylonian creation myth in which Marduk defeats the monster Tiamat. This story is important to modern scholarship for the close parallels it presents to the creation story in Genesis. Text in cuneiform with German introduction. Signed by previous owner on title page. Wrappers sunned and chipped. Overall in good condition. g. Softcover. (36652) $65