The Oldest Stories in the World

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Overview:

Title: The Oldest Stories in the World
Author: Theodor H. Gaster
Year: 1952
Publisher: The Viking Press
Pages: x+238
Binding: Hardcover
Type: Collection
Title Reference: The Oldest Stories in the World
Notes: LCCN: "originally translated and retold, with comments, by Theodor H. Gaster" According to the translator and editor, these thirteen stories are literally the oldest in the world. Five are Babylonian, five Hittite, and three Canaanite. All were found written in cuneiform