The Chaldean account of GenesisFront matterReading editionChapter navigation28 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterTHE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESISPREFACE BY THE EDITOR.Introductory materialChapter I · THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENESIS LEGENDS.Chapter II · BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE.Chapter III · CHALDEAN LEGENDS TRANSMITTED THROUGH BEROSUS AND OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS.Chapter IV · BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY.Chapter V · BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION.Chapter VI · OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION.Chapter VII · THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU.Chapter VIII · THE EXPLOITS OF DIBBARA.Chapter IX · BABYLONIAN FABLES.Chapter X · FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS.Chapter XI · THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS.Part I.—Introduction.Part II.—Meeting of Hea-bani and Izdubar.Part III.—Destruction of the tyrant Khumbaba.Part IV.—Adventures of Istar.Part V.—Illness and wanderings of Izdubar.Part VI.—Description of Deluge, and conclusion.Chapter XII · MEETING OF HEA-BANI AND IZDUBAR.Chapter XIII · DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA.Chapter XIV · THE ADVENTURES OF ISTAR.Chapter XV · ILLNESS AND WANDERINGS OF IZDUBAR.Chapter XVI · THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND CONCLUSION.Chapter XVII · CONCLUSION.INDEX.Beginning of this editionNext chapter →THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESISAll chapters and sections (28)Opening pagesFront matterOther sectionsTHE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESISPREFACE BY THE EDITOR.Opening pagesIntroductory materialChapters1234567891011Parts123456Part 6 · Chapters121314151617Part 6 · Other sectionsINDEX.THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS.◇Izdubar (Nimrod) in conflict with a lionTHE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS →