A.R. George (Herausgegeben von) Born 1955; 1985 PhD in Assyriology under the supervision of Wilfred G. Lambert; since 1983 he has taught Akkadian and Sumerian language and literature at SOAS, University of London, where he is now Professor of Babylonian; 2006 Fellow of the British Academy; 2012 Honorary Member of the American Oriental Society.Takayoshi M. Oshima (Herausgegeben von) is a researcher at the Institute for Old Testament Studies, the Faculty of Theology, of the University of Leipzig, Germany.W.G. Lambert (Von (Autor)) (1926-2011) 1955–59 Lecturer, University of Toronto; 1959–64 Associate Professor and Chair of Oriental Seminary, Johns Hopkins University; 1964 Lecturer, then 1970–93 Professor of Assyriology, University of Birmingham; 1971 Fellow of the British Academy. He devoted his life to the decipherment and study of cuneiform tablets, chiefly in the British Museum, and is noted for his masterly reconstruction of a large number of Babylonian literary texts, beginning with Babylonian Wisdom Literature (1960) and concluding with Babylonian Creation Myths (2013).

• Preface and Acknowledgements - Introduction by A.R. GeorgeI: Introductory ConsiderationsMorals in Mesopotamia - Ancient Mesopotamian Gods: Superstition, Philosophy, TheologyII: The Gods of Ancient MesopotamiaThe Historical Development of the Mesopotamian Pantheon: A Study in Sophisticated Polytheism - Goddesses in the Pantheon: A Reflection of Women in Society? - The Mesopotamian Background of the Hurrian Pantheon - The Pantheon of Mari - The God Assur - Ishtar of NinevehIII: The Mythology of Ancient MesopotamiaDer Mythos im Alten Mesopotamien, sein Werden und Vergehen - The Cosmology of Sumer and Babylon - The Theology of Death - The Relationship of Sumerian and Babylonian Myth as Seen in Accounts of Creation - Ninurta Mythology in the Babylonian Epic of Creation - Myth and Ritual as Conceived by the BabyloniansIV: The Religion of Ancient MesopotamiaThe Reign of Nebuchadnezzar I: A Turning Point in the History of Ancient Mesopotamian Religion - Syncretism and Religious Controversy in Babylonia - Donations of Food and Drink to the Gods in Ancient Mesopotamia - The Cult of Ishtar of Babylon - The Qualifications of Babylonian Diviners - Devotion: The Languages of Religion and LoveV: Ancient Mesopotamia and IsraelOld Testament Mythology in its Ancient Near Eastern Context - Destiny and Divine Intervention in Babylon and Israel - The Flood in Sumerian, Babylonian and Biblical Sources