How Long to Read Babylonian Creation Myths

How Long Does it Take to Read Babylonian Creation Myths?

It takes the average reader 11 hours and 15 minutes to read Babylonian Creation Myths by Wilfred G. Lambert

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

For much of the last half of the twentieth century, W. G. Lambert devoted much of his research energy and effort to the study of Babylonian texts dealing with Mesopotamian ideas regarding creation, including especially Enuma Elish. This volume, which appears almost exactly 2 years after Lambert’s death, distills a lifetime of learning by the world’s foremost expert on these texts. Lambert provides a full transliteration and translation of the 7 tablets of Enuma Elish, based on the known exemplars, as well as coverage of a number of other texts that bear on, or are thought to bear on, Mesopotamian notions of the origin of the world, mankind, and the gods. New editions of seventeen additional “creation tales” are provided, including “Enmesharra’s Defeat,” “Enki and Ninmah,” “The Slaying of Labbu,” and “The Theogony of Dunnu.” Lambert pays special attention, of course, to the connection of the main epic, Enuma Elish, with the rise and place of Marduk in the Babylonian pantheon. He traces the development of this deity’s origin and rise to prominence and elaborates the relationship of this text, and the others discussed, to the religious and political climate Babylonia. The volume includes 70 plates (primarily hand-copies of the various exemplars of Enuma Elish) and extensive indexes.

How long is Babylonian Creation Myths?

Babylonian Creation Myths by Wilfred G. Lambert is 657 pages long, and a total of 168,849 words.

This makes it 222% the length of the average book. It also has 206% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Babylonian Creation Myths Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 15 hours and 22 minutes to read Babylonian Creation Myths aloud.

What Reading Level is Babylonian Creation Myths?

Babylonian Creation Myths is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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