Berossos and Manetho, introduced and translated : native traditions in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt / Gerald P. Verbrugghe, John M. Wickersham.
Verbrugghe, Gerald.; Wickersham, John M. (John Moore), 1943-; Berosus, the Chaldean. Babylōniaka. English.; Manetho. Works. English. 1996.
1996
DS73.2 .V47 1996 (Mapit)
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Title Berossos and Manetho, introduced and translated : native traditions in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt / Gerald P. Verbrugghe, John M. Wickersham.
Author Verbrugghe, Gerald.
ISBN 0472107224
9780472107223
Imprint Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, ©1996.
Language English
Description ix, 239 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Call Number DS73.2 .V47 1996
Summary Berossos and Manetho presents, in translation and with an introduction, the only known native narratives written in Greek of the histories of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt. The priest Berossos chronicled the past of ancient Babylon from the mythical creation of the world down to the conquest by Alexander the Great. For Egypt, Manetho's list of rulers from the reigns of the gods down to Alexander's conquest remains the basis for the still-current dynastic system of arranging the pharaohs. Berossos and Manetho begins with a general introduction to the cultural history of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, with stress on the languages and scripts used to preserve their glorious pasts. Each of the two authors receives his own special introduction, which describes his life, the sources of his History, the nature and content of his writings, and his goals and accomplishments. There follows a translation of all the surviving ancient information about each author and of all that can be recovered of his writings. For the first time Berossos and Manetho, priests and contemporaries who wrote histories in Greek of their native lands - just when those lands had been pushed into Hellenization - have been translated in one volume. Berossos and Manetho will appeal to all people interested in ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt, ancient Israel, ancient Greek history (especially the Hellenistic period), and ancient history in general.--Dust jacket.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-215) and index.
Added Author Wickersham, John M. (John Moore), 1943-
Berosus, the Chaldean. Babylōniaka. English.
Manetho. Works. English. 1996.
Includes Berosus, the Chaldean. Babylōniaka. English.
Manetho. Works. English. 1996.
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Map 1, Berossos's and Manetho's Hellenistic world
General introduction
Map 2, Berosso's Mesopotamia
Introduction to Berossos
Berossos : ancient testimony
Berossos : fragments
Berossos : tables
Map 3, Manetho's Egypt
Introduction to Manetho
Manetho : ancient testimony
Manetho : fragments
Manetho : tables.

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