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Review article of: J. Haubold, G.B. Lanfranchi, R. Rollinger & J. Steel (eds.), The World of Berossus, Classica et Orientalia 5. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, 2013. Because the book appeared already quite some time ago, I did not summarize all the chapters; instead I have opted to make some remarks on the following topics: 1. The date of Berossus’ life time 2. Berossus’ sources and the Flood story 3. Berossus’ position in Greek historiography; Greco-Roman reception of the Babyloniaca 4. The Hanging Garden of Babylon 5. Berossus the astronomer 6. Berossus’ Sitz im Leben and the Bible Note: in the bibliography is missing: Linssen 2004 = Linssen, M.J.H., The Cults of Uruk and Babylon. The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practices. Leiden, Boston: Brill-Styx 2004.
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This page is a summary of: Debates on the World of Berossus, Zeitschrift für Altorientalische und Biblische Rechtsgeschichte / Journal for Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Law, January 2018, Harrassowitz Publishing House,
DOI: 10.13173/zeitaltobiblrech.24.2018.0137.
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