Atra-ḫasis (1.130)(1,966 words)
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Foster, Benjamin R., “Atra-ḫasis (1.130)”, in: Context of Scripture Online, Editor in Chief: W. Hallo. Consulted online on 22 April 2018 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/2211-436X_cos_aCOSB_1_130>▲ Back to top ▲
Commentary
The “primeval history” of humanity, which occupies the first eleven chapters of Genesis, also exercised the Mesopotamian imagination. In Akkadian, the Epic of Atra-hasis constitutes its earliest and most systematic formulation. This epic explains the creation of man as intended to relieve the (lesser) deities of their toil, and the attempted dest…