Irving Finkel

The Lifeboat That Saved the World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The age-old tale of a man charged with saving the world from a life-destroying flood. An original tale which survived after being carved onto stone tablets in ancient cuneiform script. Translated and retold for children by leading expert Irving Finkel.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Thames & Hudson
• Seitenzahl: 112
• Altersempfehlung: 8 bis 12 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. November 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 231mm x 154mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 320g
• ISBN-13: 9780500651223
• ISBN-10: 0500651221
• Artikelnr.: 47774865

Autorenporträt

Irving Finkel is Assistant Keeper in the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum in London, where he is the curator of the collection of cuneiform clay tablets. He is the best-selling author of The Ark Before Noah, which documents the newly translated tablet of the Babylonian story of the flood which was recorded on clay tablets long before it was written down in the Hebrew Bible, proving it to be one of the world's most ancient and lasting stories. It is that tablet that has given rise to the story in this book.

Inhaltsangabe

Background to the Story. 1. The Awful News . 2. The Gods Make a Decision .
3. To Build a Boat . 4. Family Conference . 5. Two of Every Kind . 6. Poor
Atra-hasis . 7. The Waters Come . 8. The Boat Lands . Interlude . A
Wanderer Comes . Following Atra-hasis's Instructions