Let us now compare the names in the Babylonian King List with those in Genesis 5. The first name in the Babylonian King list is Aruru. ...

The Babylonian King List substantiates the ideas we find in the Sumerian King List. It also seems to be the antecedent of the list in...

The fifth figure in the Babylonian list is written in the Greek version as Megalaros. The biblical name is Mahalal-El, which I interpret...

What is the meaning of the the exaggerated ages of the first names in the Sumerian King List, of those figures who reigned before the...

Now as we examine the biblical list in Genesis 5, which closely follows the Babylonian king list, we find a rejection of the former view....

According to the Greeks and all those with whom they shared these ideas, human beings are descended from the gods. The genealogy of the...

As we continue to read the Sumerian King List, we finally begin to see numbers that reflect what we would call historical reality. ...

It appears, therefore, that in all the cultures that developed in the region which has been called "The Cradle of Civilization," there...

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Of interest to us is the fact that there are other literatures, earlier traditions among the peoples of the ancient Near East that...