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Charles Jones posted at Ancient World Online<\/a> about the Melammu project, which has a digital library dedicated to \u201cThe Intellectual Heritage of Assyria and Babylonia in East and West.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

The site contains numerous interesting pieces, but not surprisingly the one that grabbed my attention was Amar Annus\u2019 \u201cSome Otherworldly Journeys in Mesopotamian, Jewish, Mandaean and Yedzidi Traditions.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

Others potentially of interest to those who study ancient Christian and Gnostic literature include Simo Parpola\u2019s \u201cMesopotamian Precursors to the Hymn of the Pearl\u201d<\/a> and Amar Annus\u2019 \u201cThe Soul\u2019s Journey and Tauroctony.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"