This volume is an excellent overview-edition of the text, presenting the (transcribed) original as well as a solid translation, and a very good variety of essays dealing with many different aspects of the work. The essays are academic, but approachable enough for the lay-reader, and offer some very interesting observations and information.

Complete Review and its Literary Saloon

The narrative riches of Enuma Elish are given new life through a new translation and a dazzling array of supporting literature. This is a truly indispensable guide to navigating this ancient literary masterpiece.

Louise Pryke, Research Associate, University of Sydney, Australia

The Library of Babylonian Literature is a ground-breaking new series that should be welcomed by students, academics and the general public alike.

Christopher Metcalf, Associate Professor in Classical Languages and Literature, University of Oxford, UK

This volume sets an ambitious standard for the new series. It is a carefully crafted rendering of the text seen and heard in all its poetic value and contextualized in its social and cultural setting through a series of interacting essays. There is an impressive small pantheon of scholars contributing to a fuller understanding of one of the most influential pieces of Mesopotamian literature.

Giorgio Buccellati, Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures, University of California, Los Angeles, USA