Resources

On Enki and Ninhursag:



• Katz, Dina. “Enki and Ninhursanga Part One, The Story of Dilmun.” (n.d.). https://www.academia.edu/235215/Enki_and_Ninhursanga_Part_One_The_story_of_Dilmun.
• ———. “Enki and Ninhursanga Pt. Two, BiOr LXV (2008) 320-342” (n.d.). https://www.academia.edu/235216/Enki_and_Ninhursanga_Pt_Two_BiOr_LXV_2008_320_342.
• Kramer, Samuel Noah. Enki and Ninhursag : A Sumerian “Paradise” Myth. New Haven, Conn. : American Schools of Oriental Research, 1945. http://archive.org/details/enkininhursagsum0000kram.

Enki and Ninmah

• A translation is available online at: https://etcsl.orinst.ox.ac.uk/section1/tr112.htm

Many of the resources that discuss the Enuma Elish also refer Enki and Ninhursag og Enki and Ninmah:

• A great book on the topic of the ancient near eastern context of Genesis 1-11 is Carr, David M. The Formation of Genesis 1-11: Biblical and Other Precursors. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2020.

• The scholarly edition of Enuma Elish, with lots of other Ancient Near Eastern texts is Lambert, W. G., ed. Babylonian Creation Myths. Mesopotamian Civilizations 16. Winona Lake, Indiana: Eisenbrauns, 2013.

• Check out Joshua Bowen’s The Atheist Handbook to the Old Testament, Volume 2 to the Old Testament, Volume 2, where he also discuses these texts.

• The most comprehensive collections of Ancient Near Eastern texts that relate to the Bible are not cheap, but have tons of fun texts:

• Ancient Near Eastern Texts Relating to the Old Testament with Supplement, 1969. https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691035031/ancient-near-eastern-texts-relating-to-the-old-testament-with.

• Hallo, William W., and Younger, eds. The Context of Scripture (3 Vols.): Canonical Compositions, Monumental Inscriptions and Archival Documents from the Biblical World. Brill, 2003. https://brill.com/edcollbook/title/17652.