The Gilgamesh Epic and Its Interpretations,a lecture by Prof. Ed Greenstein of the Bible Department The Epic of Gilgamesh is a great and extensive narrative poem from ancient Mesopotamia. One can find many themes in the epic, underlying the adventure-filled plot. Among those that will be discussed is the tension between civilization and nature that is featured in the structural analysis of G. S. Kirk. The Bible Department: http://bible.biu.ac.il/en/ Bar-Ilan University: http://www1.biu.ac.il/en