Pilot Lecture: Mesopotamian Creation Stories

It is known as the place of beginnings, but how did Ancient Mesopotamia begin?

Overview

Course No. 90090

Ancient Mesopotamia is often described as the place where civilization began. But to consider Mesopotamia as a place of beginnings also invites the question of how its inhabitants understood their own beginnings. Join Joseph Lam, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, to consider two masterpieces of literature from ancient Mesopotamia that deal with the theme of origins.

Video Lecture

1. Mesopotamian Creation Stories (31 min)
   Ancient Mesopotamia is often described as the place where civilization began. But to consider Mesopotamia as a place of beginnings also invites the question of how its inhabitants understood their own beginnings. Join Joseph Lam, Associate Professor of Religious Studies, to consider two masterpieces of literature from ancient Mesopotamia that deal with the theme of origins.