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1、TheTwelfthPlanetbyZ.StichinGENESISTHEPRIMESOURCEforthebiblicalversesquotedinTheTwelfthPlanetistheOldTestamentinitsoriginalHebrewtext.Itmustbeborneinmindthatallthetranslationsconsultedofwhichtheprincipalonesarelistedattheendofthebook-arejustthat:translationsorinterpretations.Inthefin
2、alanalysis,whatcountsiswhattheoriginalHebrewsays.InthefinalversionquotedinTheTwelfthPlanet,IhavecomparedtheavailabletranslationsagainsteachotherandagainsttheHebrewsourceandtheparallelSumerianandAkkadiantexts/tales,tocomeupwithwhatIbelieveisthemostaccuraterendering.TherenderingofSume
3、rian,Assyrian,Babylonian,andHittitetextshasengagedalegionofscholarsformorethanacentury.Deciphermentofscriptandlanguagewasfollowedbytranscribing,transliterating,andfinally,translating.Inmanyinstances,itwaspossibletochoosebetweendifferingtranslationsorinterpretationsonlybyverifyingthe
4、muchearliertranscriptionsandtransliterations.Inotherinstances,alateinsightbyacontemporaryscholarcouldthrownewlightonanearlytranslation.ThelistofsourcesforNearEasterntexts,givenattheendofthisbook,thusrangesfromtheoldesttothenewest,andisfollowedbythescholarlypublicationsinwhichvaluabl
5、econtributionstotheunderstandingofthetextswerefound.THEOLDTESTAMENThasfilledmylifefromchildhood.Whentheseedforthisbookwasplanted,nearlyfiftyyearsago,IwastotallyunawareofthethenragingEvolutionversusBibledebates.ButasayoungschoolboystudyingGenesisinitsoriginalHebrew,Icreatedaconfronta
6、tionofmyown.WewerereadingonedayinChapterVIthatwhenGodresolvedtodestroyMankindbytheGreatFlood,"thesonsofthedeities",whomarriedthedaughtersofmen,wereupontheEarth.TheHebreworiginalnamedthemNefilim;theteacherexplaineditmeant"giants";butIobjected:didn'titmeanliterally"ThoseWhoWereCastDow
7、n",whohaddescendedtoEarth?Iwasreprimandedandtoldtoacceptthetraditionalinterpretation.Intheensuingyears,asIhavelearnedthelanguagesandhistoryandarchaeologyoftheancientNearEast,theNefilimbecameanobsession.ArchaeologicalfindsandthedecipheringofSumerian,Babylonian,Assyrian,Hittite,Canaan
8、iteandotherancientt
