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Origins of the Cosmos: Creation Myths of the Ancient Near East

AJ CARMICHAEL

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. Long before telescopes, equations, or modern science, the first civilizations of the ancient Near East were already asking the greatest question of all: How did the universe begin? From the temple cities...

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INTRODUCTION

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PART I — Foundations of Ancient Cosmology

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CHAPTER 1 — THE STUDY OF ANCIENT COSMOLOGIES

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CHAPTER 2 — SOURCES AND EVIDENCE FOR ANCIENT COSMOLOGY

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PART II — PHOENICIAN COSMOLOGY

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CHAPTER 4 — SANCHUNIATHON AND THE PHOENICIAN TRADITION

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CHAPTER 3 — UNIVERSAL THEMES IN CREATION MYTHS

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PART II — Phoenician Cosmology

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CHAPTER 5 — THE FIRST PHOENICIAN COSMOGONY

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CHAPTER 6 — COMPARATIVE INTERPRETATIONS OF THE FIRST COSMOGONY

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CHAPTER 7 — THE SECOND PHOENICIAN COSMOGONY

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CHAPTER 8 — THE MYTHIC INVENTIONS OF CIVILIZATION

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CHAPTER 9 — THE CABIRI AND DIVINE CRAFTSMEN

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CHAPTER 10 — THE THIRD PHOENICIAN COSMOGONY

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CHAPTER 11 — WRITING AND THE GOD TAUT

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CHAPTER 12 — SACRIFICE AND RITUAL IN PHOENICIAN RELIGION

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CHAPTER 13 — BABYLONIAN CREATION TRADITIONS

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CHAPTER 14 — ASSYRIAN RELIGION AND COSMOLOGY

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CHAPTER 15 — CHALDEAN ASTRONOMY AND COSMOLOGY

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PART IV — Iranian Cosmology

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CHAPTER 16 — ZOROASTRIAN DUALISM

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CHAPTER 17 — COSMOLOGY OF THE ZEND AVESTA

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