George F. Smith

The Chaldean Account of Genesis

Containing the Description of the Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, the Tower of Babel, the Desruction of Sodom,
Herausgeber: Sayce, Archibald H.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This revised 1880 second edition of Smith's book draws extraordinary parallels between cuneiform documents and the biblical book of Genesis.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 378
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. September 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 140mm x 22mm
• Gewicht: 532g
• ISBN-13: 9781108079013
• ISBN-10: 1108079016
• Artikelnr.: 41610059

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. The discovery of the Genesis legends
2. Babylonian and Assyrian literature
3. Chaldean legends transmitted through Berosus and other ancient authors
4. Babylonian mythology
5. Babylonian legend of the creation
6. Other Babylonian accounts of the creation
7. The sign of the god Zu
8. The exploits of Dibbara
9. Babylonian fables
10. Fragments of miscellaneous texts
11. The Izdubar legends
12. Meeting of Hea-Bani and Izdubar
13. Destruction of the tyrant Khumbaba
14. The adventures of Istar
15. Illness and wanderings of Izdubar
16. The story of the flood and conclusion
17. Conclusion
Index.