the intellectual adventure of ancient man

accepted Anaximander ancient Anshar apparent Apsu assembly Atum authority Babylonian body called chaos chapter city-state command concept cosmic creation dead death deity desert divine earth Egypt Egyptian Enki Enlil Enuma elish evil existence experience expression fact faith father force function Gilgamesh God's goddess gods Greek Gudea heart heaven Hebrew thinkers Hebrew thought Heraclitus human Ibid Inanna individual intellectual Israel Israel's thought justice king Kingdom kingship Lahmu land live Lord man's Marduk means Mesopotamian mood myth mythopoeic thought nature Nile Ningirsu Ninhursaga Ninlil Ninmah notable Old Testament origin Osiris pharaoh phenomena primeval primitive problem prophets Ptah reality recognized relation religion religious righteousness rule ruler sense Shū social speculative thought spirit storm story sun-god Tefnut temple thee things thinking thou Tiamat tion transcendent universe unto Utnapishtim waters wisdom word Yahweh