Myths of Enki, the Crafty God.
New York / Oxford: Oxford University, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. Large octavo. x + 272pp. Black cloth, gilt lettered spine. Endnotes, glossary and index. From the publisher: "An ambitious and well-researched study brings together for the first time translations of the ancient literature concerning the Sumerian god Enki, one of four gods and goddesses who comprised the highest level of the Sumerian pantheon. The very existence of these writings, which date from the Third Millenium B.C., was unknown until about 100 years ago, when their cuneiform script was deciphered. Since then, it has become apparent that Sumerian literature had a profound and enduring influence on both Biblical and classical Greek literature, and so on the literature of the western world as a whole. Kramer, one of the world's leading sumerologists, has prepared these translations from among the scores of works he has published over the last fifty years; John Maier provides a full interpretive framework that places the translations in their broader comparative cultural context. This rare collection will be of interest to students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines from Near Eastern and Biblical Studies to Mythology and Comparative Literature." Just a hint of light wear and darkening to boards, page edges slightly darkened and pages lightly toned else a tight, unmarked VG+ copy in VG+ dust jacket. (Lightly rubbed dust jacket is just a bit chafed at edges and points, not clipped. Now in mylar cover). Scarce in hardcover. Item #69283
ISBN: 0195055020
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