November 1, 2023

First published October 31, 2023

 in MEHTA PUBLISHING HOUSE

EDEN / ईडन / (Marathi Edition)

ईडन एका अनोख्या भारतीय प्रिझममधून अब्राहमिक मिथकांच्या विशाल जगाचा शोध घेते, जिव्हाळ्याच्या, पण अपमानास्पद नसणाऱ्या अशा कथाकथनाद्वारे आणि वाचकांना देवदूत, राक्षस, संदेष्टे, कुलपिता, न्यायाधीश आणि राजांच्या अनेक मोहक कथांचा परिचय करून देते. हे मेसोपोटेमियन, इजिप्शियन आणि झोरोस्ट्रियन पौराणिक कथांच्या कथा देखील सांगते ज्यात पुढे अब्राहमिक एकेश्वरवादाचाही उल्लेख येतो. जगभऱच्या धर्माधारित कल्पनांचा अभ्यासपूर्ण आढावा या पुस्तकातून अनुभवता येतो.

EDEN EXPLORES THE VAST WORLD OF ABRAHAMIC MYTHS FROM A UNIQUELY INDIAN PRISM, THROUGH STORYTELLING THAT IS INTIMATE BUT NOT IRREVERENT, AND TO INTRODUCE READERS TO THE MANY CAPTIVATING TALES OF ANGELS, DEMONS, PROPHETS, PATRIARCHS, JUDGES AND KINGS. IT ALSO RETELLS STORIES FROM MESOPOTAMIAN, EGYPTIAN AND ZOROASTRIAN MYTHOLOGIES THAT INFLUENCED ABRAHAMIC MONOTHEISM OVER TIME.


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