{"product_id":"atra-hasis-the-first-flood-story-beyond-his-story-we-stand","title":"Atra-Hasis: The First Flood Story (BEYOND HIS STORY WE STAND)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cdiv\u003e \u003cspan\u003eATRA-HASIS — THE FIRST FLOOD STORY 1760 BCE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat is the oldest story humanity has ever told?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eNot the oldest story written down. The oldest story \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003etold\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — carried from fire to fire, voice to voice, for six thousand years before anyone pressed it into clay.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe answer is a flood.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAnd a man who listened when no one else would.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the story that became Noah's Ark is older than civilization itself?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the person who saved it from being lost forever had to fight to keep every difficult word intact?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e the clay tablet sitting in a museum today was pressed by the hands of a sixteen-year-old scribe in Babylon — a boy racing against politics, fever, and the death of the last living voice?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat if the oldest truth in the world has always been this: the people who survive are the people who listen?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAtra-Hasis — The First Flood Story\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e moves between two worlds simultaneously:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e8000 BCE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the Euphrates delta before cities existed, where a man named Atra-Hasis notices that the river smells wrong and begins, in secret, to build a boat\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1760 BCE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — the city of Babylon at the height of its power, where an aging oral storyteller and a young scribe have four weeks to press the oldest flood story in the world into clay before the last voice carrying it is gone — and before powerful men in the temple hierarchy succeed in removing the passage they find most dangerous\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGrounded in real archaeology, real clay tablets, and real historical scholarship\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWritten to be felt rather than studied\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFor adults, young adults, and anyone who wants history to be alive\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBeyond His Story We Stand\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e series — a chronological journey through human history told through the people who lived it\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books Prime","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45914508329151,"sku":"59e63786-c852-407a-9358-4db430a4c45d","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0761\/7550\/7647\/files\/2b3b1d146ae823493acbf5367342590e.jpg?v=1785059235","url":"https:\/\/books-prime.com\/products\/atra-hasis-the-first-flood-story-beyond-his-story-we-stand","provider":"Books Prime","version":"1.0","type":"link"}