{"product_id":"adapas-ascent-a-myth-of-man-and-immortality-paperback","title":"Adapa's Ascent: A Myth of Man and Immortality - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eOdilon Redon\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eEdouard D'Araille\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator), \u003cb\u003eEdouard D'Araille\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePlease Note: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e This is the Academic Edition of 'ADAPA's ASCENT' with 200 pages of supplementary essays and analysis not included in the Popular Edition, also available on Amazon, entitled 'ADAPA's ASCENT: The First Story'.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDATING BACK AS EARLY AS THE EPIC OF GILGAMESH, 'ADAPA's ASCENT' HAS CLAIMS TO BE THE VERY FIRST STORY EVER TOLD\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe story of Adapa's Ascent was known in Mesopotamia, Egypt and beyond. Abraham himself was acquainted with the story of \u003ci\u003eAdapa -\u003c\/i\u003e another mortal faced with an ultimate choice by God.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eEven 'Gilgamesh' (whose epic dates back almost 5 millennia) refers to the '\u003ci\u003eSeven Sages\u003c\/i\u003e', of whom \u003cb\u003eAdapa\u003c\/b\u003e was one. Indeed, Gilgamesh intends to continue their beneficial works.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIn fact, it appears that the \u003ci\u003every first oral forms of the story\u003c\/i\u003e of Adapa's Ascent may date back almost 1500 years before the bible account of 'Adam and Eve' (\u003ci\u003ec.\u003c\/i\u003e1000 BCE) immortalized in the \u003ci\u003eBook of Genesis.\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eADAPA's ASCENT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e, IN ITS WRITTEN FORM, EXISTS IN SOURCES DATING BACK ALMOST 4000 YEARS - IN THIS NEW ENGLISH TRANSLATION IT SPEAKS TO 3rd MILLENNIUM READERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book presents the \u003cb\u003emost complete version ever\u003c\/b\u003e of the miniature epic of the Mesopotamian hero 'Adapa' - an exorcist priest offered \u003ci\u003eImmortality\u003c\/i\u003e by his Supreme God - \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003ethe most difficult decision of his entire existence.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContemporary poet Edouard d'Araille has forged an integrated version of Adapa's Ascent based on all surviving cuneiform tablets - the first form of writing - on which its episodes are written in \u003ci\u003eSumerian\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAkkadian.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBased on the most recent interpretative work in Assyriology and never departing from its original sources, Adapa's Ascent presents the most complete vision yet of this \u003ci\u003e\"Story for All Ages\".\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAdapa's Ascent\u003c\/b\u003e is the tale of the 'First Man', Adapa, a survivor of the Great Flood who has succeeded in setting up human civilization. However, all does not go well after Adapa is near-drowned by one of the Gods. He strikes them down with a powerful curse and his presence is demanded before Anu - God of all Gods - who will offer him a choice that could change his life forever: Eternal Life. Faced with his ultimate destiny, Adapa must decide whether or not to follow the stern advice of his father Enki, God of the Waters, who foretold to Adapa the scene that would face him in Heaven.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePresented in 17 Poetic Chapters - with \u003ci\u003ePrologue\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/i\u003e - Adapa's Ascent tactfully intercuts between the different characters, episodes and locations of this legendary tale.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIllustrated throughout by the artwork of acclaimed painter Odilon Redon, who dedicated a whole series of paintings to the legend of 'Oannes' ('Adapa').\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWere it not for a series of exceptional excavations in the 19th Century - that also unearthed ' Gilgamesh' - \u003ci\u003ethen \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAdapa's Ascent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e would still be unknown!\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDISCOVER A STORY THAT WAS BURIED IN SECRET FOR OVER 2500 YEARS - A MYTH OF MAN AND IMMORTALITY\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Academic Edition of Adapa's Ascent includes: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eIntroductory Essay\u003c\/b\u003e '\u003ci\u003eThe Birth of Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e', where poet Edouard d'Araille explains the unique position of Adapa's Ascent in the History of Fiction.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eCritical Commentary\u003c\/b\u003e '\u003ci\u003eRecreating an Ancient Classic', \u003c\/i\u003ein which the translator explains how mini-epic Adapa's Ascent was revived in this innovative English verse translation based on cutting-edge source research.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eBonus: New Translation\u003c\/b\u003e - a new, poetic version of the earliest Sumerian version of the myth (c.1760 BCE), shedding new light on the evolution of the narrative.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cb\u003ePLUS: \u003c\/b\u003e Character Glossary, Cuneiform So\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 308\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.69 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 24, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53467276902767,"sku":"9781908936073","price":41.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0955\/2199\/7167\/files\/G6AgPkp6G09781908936073.webp?v=1789237321","url":"https:\/\/www.anerdwithabookstore.com\/products\/adapas-ascent-a-myth-of-man-and-immortality-paperback","provider":"A Nerd with a Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}