Amar Annus, The Overturned Boat: Intertextuality of the Adapa Myth and Exorcist Literature

Authors

  • Peter Westh HF-Centret Efterslægten

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.35031

Keywords:

ancient history, Mesopotamia, Adapa myth, cognitive studies

Abstract

Amar Annus, The Overturned Boat: Intertextuality of the Adapa Myth and Exorcist Literature (Helsinki: The Neo-Assyrian Text Corpus Project, 2016). XII + 148 pp. $59.95 (pbk). ISBN-13 978-952-10-9491-0.

Author Biography

  • Peter Westh, HF-Centret Efterslægten

    Peter Westh is part-time lecturer in the History of Religions at the Department of Cross-Cultural and Regional Studies, University of Copenaghen, Denmark, and teaches religion, culture and social science at the HF-Centret Efterslægten, Copenhagen.

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Published

2018-12-04

Issue

Vol. 4 No. 1 (2017): Book Review Symposium: Jennifer Larson's 'Understanding Greek Religion', 2016

Section

Book Reviews

How to Cite

Westh, P. (2018). Amar Annus, The Overturned Boat: Intertextuality of the Adapa Myth and Exorcist Literature. Journal of Cognitive Historiography, 4(1), 118-122. https://doi.org/10.1558/jch.35031