Books

"Atrahasis." Translated by E. A. Speiser. In Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. Third edition with supplement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. Pp.104-106. An Akkadian account.
BS1180 .P83 1969

"Atrahasis - Additional Texts." Translated by A. K. Grayson. In Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. Third edition with supplement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. Pp.512-514. An Akkadian account.
BS1180 .P83 1969

Bailey, Lloyd R. Noah: The Person and the Story in History and Tradition. Columbia: Columbia University of South Carolina Press, 1989. Chapter 1, "Catastrophe Stories Around the World," pp.5-10; Chapter 2, "Flood Stories in the Ancient Near East," pp.11-27; Footnotes, pp.210-212.
BS580 .N6 B35 1989

Barton, George A. Archaeology and the Bible. Seventh Edition, Revised. Philadelphia: American Sunday-School Union, 1937. Pp.327-336.
DS56 .B3 1937

Custance, Arthur C. "Flood Traditions of the World." In A Symposium on Creation, IV. Edited by Donald W. Patten. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1972. Pp.9-44.
BS651 .S9 v.4

Dalley, Stephanie. Myths From Mesopotamia: Creation, The Flood, Gilgamesh and Others. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Stephanie Dalley. Oxford and New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. "Atrahasis," pp.1-38; "The Epic of Gilgamesh," pp.39-135; "Gilgamesh (Old Babylonian Version)," pp.136-153.
BL1620 .M98 1989

Davis, John D. Genesis and Semitic Tradition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1980. Reprint of 1894 edition by Charles Scribner's Sons. Chapter 12, "The Deluge," pp.110-134.
BS1235 .D37 1980

"The Deluge." Translated by Samuel Noah Kramer. In Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. Third edition with supplement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. Pp.42-44. A Sumerian account.
BS1180 .P83 1969

Demetrio, Francisco. "The Flood Motif and the Symbolism of Rebirth in Filipino Mythology." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.261-264.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

"The Epic of Gilgamesh." Translated by E. A. Speiser. In Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. Third edition with supplement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. Pp.72-99. An Akkadian account.
BS1180 .P83 1969

"The Epic of Gilgamesh - Notes and Additions." Translated by A. K. Grayson. In Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by James B. Pritchard. Third edition with supplement. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1969. Pp.503-507. An Akkadian account.
BS1180 .P83 1969

Finegan, Jack. Light From the Ancient Past. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1946. Pp.23-30.
BS635 .F5

The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1988. 452p.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Frazer, James G. Folk-Lore in the Old Testament. London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd, 1918. Volume 1, "The Great Flood," pp.104-361. Comprehensive descriptions of worldwide flood stories.
BS625 .F7 1918

Frymer-Kensky, Tikva. "The Atrahasis Epic and Its Significance of Our Understanding of Genesis 1-9." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.61-73. Reprint from BAR, December 1978.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Gaster, Theodor H. Myth, Legend, and Custom in the Old Testament: A Comparative Study With Chapters From Sir James G. Frazer's "Folklore in the Old Testament." New York: Harper and Row, 1969. "The Deluge," pp.82-131. Pp.82-128 incorporated from Frazer.
BS625 .G3

Gaster, Theodor H, editor. The Oldest Stories in the World. Originally translated and retold, with comments, by Theodor H. Gaster. New York: Viking Press, 1952. "Babylonian Stories: The Adventures of Gilgamesh," pp.21-51.
BL1600 .G3

Graves, Robert and Raphael Patai. Hebrew Myths: The Book of Genesis. "Anchor Books." New York: Doubleday, 1989. Chapter 20, "The Deluge," pp.111-119.
BS1236 .G7 1989

Hämmerly-Dupuy, Daniel. "Some Observations on the Assyro-Babylonian and Sumerian Flood Stories." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.49-59. Reprint from AUSS 6 (1968).
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Heidel, Alexander. The Gilgamesh Epic and Old Testament Parallels. Second Edition. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1970. 269p.
PJ3771 .G6 H4

Hooke, Samuel Henry. Middle Eastern Mythology. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1963. Reprint edition, 1973. Sumerian story of the Flood, pp.30-32; "Gilgamesh Myths," pp.36-38; Babylonian story of the Flood, pp.46-49; "The Epic of Gilgamesh," pp.49-56.
BL311 .H6

Horcasitas, Fernando. "An Analysis of the Deluge Myth in Mesoamerica." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.183-219.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Jacobsen, Thorkild. The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1976. " 'And Death the Journey's End': The Gilgamesh Epic," pp.194-219; "Divine Interplay - 'The Story of Atrahasis'," pp.116-121.
BL2350 .I7 J3

Kähler-Meyer, Emmi. "Myth Motifs in Flood Stories From the Grassland of Cameroon." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.249-259.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Koppers, Wilhelm. "The Deluge Myth of the Bhils of Central India." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.281-291.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Kramer, Samuel Noah. History Begins at Sumer. Third Revised Edition. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1981. Chapter 20, "A Flood: The First 'Noah,'" pp.148-153; Chapter 23, "Tales of Gilgamesh: The First Case of Literary Borrowing," pp.181-198.
DS72 .K7 1981

Kramer, Samuel Noah. The Sumerians. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1963. See index under "Flood" and "Gilgamesh."
DS72 .K73

Lambert, W. G. and A. R. Millard. Atra-hasis: The Babylonian Story of the Flood. With The Sumerian Flood Story by M. Civil. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1969. 209p.
(Not in PUC library)

Lenormant, Francois. The Beginnings of History According to the Bible and the Traditions of Oriental Peoples. Translated from the Second French Edition. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1882. Chapter 8, "The Deluge," pp.382-488.
D65 .L57

Lewis, Jack P. A Study of the Interpretation of Noah and the Flood in Jewish and Christian Literature. Leiden, Netherlands: E. J. Brill, 1968. 199p.
BS1235.2 .L4 1968

Lindell, Kristina, Jan-Ojvind Swahn and Damrong Tayanin. "The Flood: Three Northern Kammu Versions of the Story of Creation." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.265-280. Northern Thailand.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Métraux, Alfred and Erminie W. Voegelin. "Deluge or Flood." Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology and Legend, Volume 1. New York: Funk and Wagnalls Company, 1949. Pp.305-306.
Ref. GR35 .F8 v.1

Moran, William. "The Gilgamesh Epic: A Masterpiece From Ancient Mesopotamia." In Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Volume 4. Editor in Chief, Jack M. Sasson. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1995. Pp.2327-2336.
Ref. DS57 .C55 1995 v.4

Moran, William L. "Gilgamesh." In The Encyclopedia of Religion, Volume 5. Editor in Chief, Mircea Eliade. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. Pp.557-560.
Ref. BL31 .E46 1986 v.5

Myths From Mesopotamia: Creation, the Flood, Gilgamesh and Others. Translated with an Introduction and Notes by Stephanie Dalley. Oxford/New York: Oxford University Press, 1989. 337p.
BL1620 .M98 1989

Price, Ira Maurice, Ovid R. Sellers and E. Leslie Carlson. The Monuments and the Old Testament: Light From the Near East on the Scriptures. Philadelphia: Judson Press, 1958. "The Babylonian Deluge," pp.119-126; "Likenesses and Differences," pp.126-127; "How Shall These Facts Be Explained?," p.127.
BS1180 .P8 1958

Rehwinkel, Alfred M. The Flood. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1951. Chapter 9, "Flood Traditions Among the Nations of the World," pp.127-152; Chapter 10, "The Babylonian Flood Account," pp.153-164.
BS658 .R4

Rudhardt, Jean. "Flood, The." In The Encyclopedia of Religion, Volume 5. Editor in Chief, Mircea Eliade. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company, 1987. Pp.353-357.
Ref. BL31 .E46 1986 v.5

Sandars, Nancy K. The Epic of Gilgamesh. Revised edition. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1972,1973. 127p. Introduction is lengthy but very informative. A glossary of names appears at the back of the volume.
PJ3771 .G5 E5 1973

Sasson, J. M. "Gilgamesh Epic." In Anchor Bible Dictionary, Volume 2. Editor-in-Chief, David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992. Pp.1024-1027.
Ref. BS440 .A54 1992 v.2

Schedl, Claus. History of the Old Testament, Volume 1: The Ancient Orient and Ancient Biblical History. Staten Island, NY: Alba House, 1973. "Extra-Biblical Flood Narratives," pp.397-406.
(Not in PUC library)

Schmidt, Brian B. "Flood Narratives of Ancient Western Asia." In Civilizations of the Ancient Near East, Volume 4. Editor in Chief, Jack M. Sasson. New York: Simon & Schuster Macmillan, 1995. Pp.2337-2351.
Ref. DS57 .C55 1995 v.4

Schmökel, Hartmut. "Sumerian Myth of the Flood"; "The Akkadian Atrahasis Epic: the Flood"; "Eleventh Tablet of the Akkadian Epic of Gilgamesh: the Flood." Near Eastern Religious Texts Relating to the Old Testament. Edited by Walter Beyerlin. Philadelphia: Westminster Press, 1978. Pp.89-97.
BL1060 .R4413

Shulman, David. "The Tamil Flood Myths and the Cankam Legend." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.293-317. Southern India.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Smith, George. "The Chaldean Account of the Deluge." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.29-48.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988

Sollberger, Edmond. The Babylonian Legend of the Flood. Second edition. London: British Museum, 1966. 47p.
(Not in PUC library)

Unger, Merrill F. Archeology and the Old Testament. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1954. "The Flood in Sumerian and Babylonian Tradition," pp.46-54; "The Biblical and Babylonian Account of the Flood," pp.55-71.
BS1180 .U6

Vos, Howard F. Genesis and Archaeology. Revised and enlarged edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing House, 1985. Chapter 3, "The Flood," pp.29-41.
BS1235.2 .V6 1985

Westermann, Claus. Genesis 1-11: A Commentary, Volume 1. Translated by John J. Scullion. Minneapolis: Augsburg Publishing House, 1984. "The Flood," pp.384-387. A bibliography.
BS1235.3 .W4413 v.1

Whitcomb, John C., Jr. and Henry M. Morris. The Genesis Flood. Philadelphia: Presbyterian and Reformed Publishing Co., 1961. "The Babylonian Flood Account," pp.37-42.
BS658 .W5

Woods, F. H. "Deluge." In Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics, Volume 4. Edited by James Hastings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1925. Pp.545-557.
Ref. BL31 .E44 v.4

Woods, F. H. "Flood." In A Dictionary of the Bible, Volume 2. Edited by James Hastings. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1899. Pp.16-23.
Ref. BX440 .H5 1898 v.2

Woolley, Leonard. "Stories of the Creation and the Flood." In The Flood Myth. Edited by Alan Dundes. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1988. Pp.89-99.
BL325 .D4 F55 1988