TWO LECTURES ON THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ASSYRIOLOGICAL RESEARCH FOR RELIGION EMBODYING THE MOST IMPORTANT CRITICISMS AND THE AUTHOR’S REPLIES DR. FRIEDRICH DELITZSCH PROFESSOR OF ASSYRIOLOGY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF BERLIN TRANSLATED FROM THE GERMAN BY THOMAS J. McCORMACK AND W. H. CARRUTH PROFUSELY ILLUSTRATED Copyright 1903 by The Open Court Publishing Co. Chicago. “First t,ecture” […]
ASSYRIOLOGY AND BIBLICAL STUDIES: A CENTURY AND A HALF OF TENSION Mark W. Chavalas 5*+++INFO
SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS – copied from pdf – 5*INFO
5 Andrews University Seminary Studies, Vol. 49, No. 1, 5-32. Copyright © 2011 Andrews University Press. SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EASTERN TEXTS Roberto Ouro Adventist School of Theology Sagunto, Valencia, Spain Introduction In 1902, the noted Assyriologist Friedrich Delitzsch presented a series of lectures on comparative studies under […]
THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS – GEORGE SMITH – PART THREE – 5*INFO
Izdubar strangling a Lion. From Khorsabad Sculpture. 175 Chapter XI. THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS. Izdubar.—Meaning of the name.—A solar hero.—Prototype of Herakles.—Age of Legends.—Babylonian cylinders.—Notices of Izdubar.—Surippak.—Ark City.—Twelve tablets.—Extent of Legends.—Description.—Introduction.—Meeting of Hea-bani and Izdubar.—Destruction of tyrant Khumbaba.—Adventures of Istar.—Illness and wanderings of Izdubar.—Description of Deluge and conclusion.—First Tablet.—Kingdom of Nimrod.—Traditions.—Identifications.—Translation.—Elamite conquest—Dates. E now come to the […]
THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS – GEORGE SMITH – PART TWO – 5*INFO
Merodach, or Bel, armed for the Conflict with the Dragon; from Assyrian Cylinder. 31. and elevenfold offspring from fear they produce 32. (Through) the flood the demons go (all of them?). 33. He laid the hostility, his hand …. 34. part of their opposition under him …. 35. and the god Kingu again …. Again […]
THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS – GEORGE SMITH – PART ONE – 5*INFO
3 and 745 Broadway. THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS. PREFACE BY THE EDITOR. T is now five years since the present volume was first laid before the public by Mr. George Smith, just before setting out on his last ill-fated expedition to the East. It naturally awakened extreme interest and curiosity. The earlier chapters of Genesis […]