{"id":288,"date":"2014-03-05T18:43:40","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T18:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/babylonianmedicine\/?p=288"},"modified":"2014-03-07T07:49:38","modified_gmt":"2014-03-07T07:49:38","slug":"irving-l-finkels-breaking-news-and-book-the-arch-before-noah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.fu-berlin.de\/babylonianmedicine\/2014\/03\/05\/irving-l-finkels-breaking-news-and-book-the-arch-before-noah\/","title":{"rendered":"Irving L. Finkel’s breaking news and book “The Ark Before Noah”"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cuneiform tablet throws new light on an old story: Irving L. Finkel’s breaking news and book “The Ark Before Noah”<\/p>\n

The release of BabMed project advisor I.L. Finkel’s recent book “The Ark Before Noah” about the discovery of a hitherto unknown cuneiform tablet containing the Babylonian Flood Story and a surprising description of the Ark has caused a phenomenal press and media response worldwide. Read all about this fascinating discovery and listen to Irving’s account of\u00a0 how a small tablet revolutionises our image of an enormous life boat and what the Flood Story can tell us about an ancient culture’s experiences with environmental disasters.<\/p>\n

Go to The British Museum blog<\/a> or The Guardian book review<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And click here to listen to an interview with project advisor Irving Finkel that was broadcasted in the BBC radio <\/a>(43 mins).<\/p>\n

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Ulrike Steinert<\/p>\n

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\"LOGO-ERC\"<\/a> The BabMed Project has received funding from the European Research Council under the European Union\u2019s Seventh Framework Programme (FP7\/2007-2013) \/ ERC Grant agreement no. 323596.<\/p>\n

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