Legends Of Babylon

Author : J.K. Jackson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 480 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781787556294

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Myths of Babylon by J.K. Jackson Pdf

Babylonian myths, inherited in Mesopotamia from Sumeria, influenced by the ancient Assyrians represent a pinnacle of human achievement in the period around 1800 BC. Here we find humankind battling with the elements in their Flood myth, a grim creation story and the great Epic of Gilgamesh, one of the earliest recorded literary treasures. Babylon, a powerful city state at the time of the ancient Egyptians was a centre of profound spiritual, economic and military power, themes all represented in the fragments and myths of this book of classic tales. FLAME TREE 451: From mystery to crime, supernatural to horror and myth, fantasy and science fiction, Flame Tree 451 offers a healthy diet of werewolves and mechanical men, blood-lusty vampires, dastardly villains, mad scientists, secret worlds, lost civilizations and escapist fantasies. Discover a storehouse of tales gathered specifically for the reader of the fantastic.

Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 494 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781616404642

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Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria by Lewis Spence Pdf

Myths and Legends of Babylonia and Assyria, originally published in November 1916, is a beautiful book that includes explanations of Babylonian and Assyrian legends and myths as well as the myths themselves. Lewis Spence, in the Preface, describes his purpose in writing the book as providing the reader with "the treasures of romance latent in the subject, the peculiar richness of which has been recognized since the early days of archaeological effort in Chaldea." Presented here with original illustrations and bookplates of paintings, drawings, and pictures concerning the myths, this book is a classic addition to any library. LEWIS SPENCE (1874-1955) was a Scottish journalist who recorded Scottish folklore, myths and legends from around the world, histories and legends about the lost world of Atlantis, and works on the occult. Spence graduated from Edinburgh University and was the editor of three magazines, The Scotsman, The Edinburgh Magazine, and The British Weekly. He also founded the Scottish National Movement, now known as the Scottish National Party.

Author : L. W. King
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 262 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-11-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783368316648

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by L. W. King Pdf

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Author : Leonard William King
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2020-09-28
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781613102084

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by Leonard William King Pdf

Author : Leonard W. King
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2014-05-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781633552326

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by Leonard W. King Pdf

The interconnected influences of different traditions of ancient mythology on one another consumed the archaeological efforts of the late 19th and early 20th century, though much work in Britain and Europe was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I. This fascinating 1918 study-adapted from a series of lectures delivered to the British Academy in 1916 rings with the frustration of its British author. A renowned classical scholar, King incorporates the then latest research from American academics into his intriguing analysis of the impact of Babylonian and Egyptian mythology on the foundations of Judaism. Drawing on newly discovered five-thousand-year-old texts, he weaves a narrative of the folklore of human origins unbroken from our earliest collective memories. His comparison of the creation and deluge stories from a range of ancient Old World civilizations remains compelling today. British classical scholar LEONARD W. KING (1869-1919) was Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum and professor of Assyrian and Babylonian archaeology at the University of London, King's College. He also wrote Babylonian Magic and Sorcery (1896) and A History of Sumer and Akkad (1910).

Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : Masterlab
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9788379911615

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Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald A. Mackenzie Pdf

This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic

Author : Leonard William King
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Babylonia
ISBN : UOM:39015002251497

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition, by Leonard W. King by Leonard William King Pdf

Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : anboco
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783736409491

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Myths of Babylonia and Assyria by Donald A. Mackenzie Pdf

The Races and Early Civilization of Babylonia The Land of Rivers and the God of the Deep Rival Pantheons and Representative Deities Demons, Fairies, and Ghosts Myths of Tammuz and Ishtar Wars of the City States of Sumer and Akkad Creation Legend: Merodach the Dragon Slayer Deified Heroes: Etana and Gilgamesh Deluge Legend, the Island of the Blessed, and Hades Buildings and Laws and Customs of Babylon The Golden Age of Babylonia Rise of the Hittites, Mitannians, Kassites, Hyksos, and Assyrians Astrology and Astronomy Ashur the National God of Assyria Conflicts for Trade and Supremacy Race Movements that Shattered Empires The Hebrews in Assyrian History The Age of Semiramis Assyria's Age of Splendour The Last Days of Assyria and Babylonia

Author : Leonard W. King
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-01-17
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 1495230058

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by Leonard W. King Pdf

LECTURE I—EGYPT, BABYLON, AND PALESTINE, AND SOME TRADITIONAL ORIGINS OF CIVILIZATION At the present moment most of us have little time or thought to spare for subjects not connected directly or indirectly with the war. We have put aside our own interests and studies; and after the war we shall all have a certain amount of leeway to make up in acquainting ourselves with what has been going on in countries not yet involved in the great struggle. Meanwhile the most we can do is to glance for a moment at any discovery of exceptional interest that may come to light. The main object of these lectures will be to examine certain Hebrew traditions in the light of new evidence which has been published in America since the outbreak of the war. The evidence is furnished by some literary texts, inscribed on tablets from Nippur, one of the oldest and most sacred cities of Babylonia. They are written in Sumerian, the language spoken by the non-Semitic people whom the Semitic Babylonians conquered and displaced; and they include a very primitive version of the Deluge story and Creation myth, and some texts which throw new light on the age of Babylonian civilization and on the area within which it had its rise. In them we have recovered some of the material from which Berossus derived his dynasty of Antediluvian kings, and we are thus enabled to test the accuracy of the Greek tradition by that of the Sumerians themselves. So far then as Babylonia is concerned, these documents will necessitate a re-examination of more than one problem.

Author : Leonard W. King
Publisher : IndyPublish.com
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1437898009

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt by Leonard W. King Pdf

Author : Leonard W. King
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2005-05-24
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781597521857

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by Leonard W. King Pdf

"In these lectures [the Schweich Lectures of 1916] an attempt has been made, not so much to restate familiar facts, as to accommodate them to new and supplementary evidence which has been published in America since the outbreak of the war. . . . Hebrew achievements in the sphere of religion and ethics are only thrown into stronger relief when studied against their contemporary background. "The bulk of our new material is furnished by some early texts, written towards the close of the third millennium B.C. They incorporate traditions which extend in unbroken outline from their own period into the remote ages of the past, and claim to trace the history of man back to his creation. They represent the early national traditions of the Sumerian people, who preceded the Semites as the ruling race in Babylonia; and incidentally they necessitate a revision of current views with regard to the cradle of Babylonian civilization." -from the Preface

Author : Leonard William King
Publisher : London : Published for the British Academy by H. Milford
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1918
Category : Babylonia
ISBN : UVA:X000365640

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by Leonard William King Pdf

Author : Leonard King
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
Page : 169 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2005-12-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781596057487

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by Leonard King Pdf

Ziusudu is here warned that a flood is to be sent 'to destroy the seed of mankind'... The destruction of mankind had been decreed in 'the assembly [of the gods]' and would be carried out by the commands of Anu and Enlil... -from "The Piety of Ziusudu" The interconnected influences of different traditions of ancient mythology on one another consumed the archaeological efforts of the late 19th and early 20th century, though much work in Britain and Europe was interrupted by the outbreak of World War I. This fascinating 1918 study-adapted from a series of lectures delivered to the British Academy in 1916-rings with the frustration of its British author, a renowned classical scholar, as he incorporates the then-latest research from American academics into his intriguing analysis of the impact of Babylonian and Egyptian mythology on the foundations of Judaism. Drawing on newly discovered five-thousand-year-old texts, he weaves a narrative of the folklore of human origins unbroken from our earliest collective memories, and his comparison of the creation and deluge stories of a range of ancient Old World civilizations remains compelling today. British classical scholar LEONARD W. KING (1869-1919) was Assistant Keeper of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities at the British Museum and professor of Assyrian and Babylonian archaeology at the University of London, King's College. He also wrote Babylonian Magic and Sorcery (1896) and A History of Sumer and Akkad (1910).

Author : L. W. King
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-04-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1545075883

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by L. W. King Pdf

Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition By L. W. King

Author : L. W. King
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : EAN:4057664113931

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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition by L. W. King Pdf

This book compares the Hebrew mythological tradition and the legendary beliefs of Babylon and Egypt. The research provided by L.W. King was based on the Babylonian documents, newly presented to him, that claimed to trace history back to its creation. By comparing the Babylonian and Hebrew myths, the author found many similarities pointing to their common origin.