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From the shelf beside Philo’s scrolls: the stories of Babylon, Assyria, Akkad and Ugarit, and how they compare with the stories of the Bible. Each has a lesson on the language of comparison and contrast, with a “What we know today” note on the archaeology, and a gamebook in which you live the story.
B1–C1 · 6 lessons and gamebooks · 📱 Phones · All language games
Grammar: Both, neither, the same as, different from
The Babylonian creation from Berossus, Marduk against Tiamat, laid beside Genesis 1.
Grammar: Similarly, likewise, whereas, while
Xisuthros, the Babylonian Noah: a dream, buried books, a boat and three flights of birds.
Grammar: Comparatives and superlatives
The oldest story in the world: a lost friend, the edge of the world, and a snake.
Grammar: However, although, despite, unlike
Sargon of Akkad, set adrift in a reed basket, and Moses in the Nile.
Grammar: Resemble, have in common, differ, by comparison
Baal against the Sea at Ugarit, and Leviathan in the Psalms, Isaiah and Job.
Grammar: Better… than, would rather, prefer
The wisest man in Assyria, a treacherous nephew, and Pharaoh’s impossible riddles.
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