The Hibbert Lectures, 1887: Lectures on the Origin and Growth of ReligionCosimo, Inc., 1. sep. 2005 - 568 sider A.H. Sayce was, by 1900, a controversial figure in the field of biblical archaeology who sought to prove the veracity of the Bible as an historical document. Instrumental in forming that reputation were his lectures to the Hibbert Trustees in 1887, and while Sayce was later known as a popularizer of ancient history, this engrossing collection of addresses displays the formidable breadth and depth of the scholar's knowledge.In these six comprehensive lectures, Sayce elucidates: . the difficulties of working with disjointed and half-decoded texts. the connections between Babylonian and Jewish priesthoods and rituals. the origins of such biblical names as Moses, Joseph, Saul, and David. where Babylonian culture was centered and how this affected the character of its religion. the hierarchy of Babylonian deities and "wicked spirits." the doctrine of the origin of evil. the concepts of the "world tree," the "tree of life," and the "tree of knowledge." the Babylonian cosmological system. the creation of state religion. and much more.Archibald Henry Sayce (1845-1933), an Anglican clergyman and a fellow and lecturer in Assyriology at Oxford, is best known for his book The History of Hebrews and his deciphering of the Hittite language. An expert in Ancient Near Eastern civilization and culture, he also authored Assyria: Its Princes, Priests and People and The Races of the Old Testament. |
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Cyrus a worshipper of BelMerodachView of the priesthood about | 122 |
LECTURE III | 130 |
General character of Babylonian religionEa the CulturegodThe | 191 |
PAGE | 221 |
LECTURE V | 315 |
LECTURE VI | 367 |
APPENDIX I | 415 |
II | 441 |
Hymns to the Gods | 479 |
警摯 | 526 |
INDEX OF WORDS | 541 |
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Accadian Accadian text Adar address thee Allat Anúnas Anunit Assur-bani-pal Assyrian Baal Babylon Babylonian Bêrôssos Borsippa Chaldæa character conjure cult cuneiform curse deep deities deluge demon denoted dialect divine Erech Eridu Euphrates evil exalted fact father Fire-god firmament first-born gate Gisdhubar goddess gods Hades heaven and earth Hebrew hero hymns identified ideographs incantation incubus inscriptions Istar king lady land language legend lonian lord magical texts mankind Merodach mighty mistress Moon-god mother mountain mouth Mul-lil Nabonidos Naram-Sin Nebo Nergal Nineveh Nipur older original Phoenician prayer pre-Semitic priest primitive psalm pure religion Rimmon sacred Samas Sargon scribes Semitic version seven shrine sickness side Sippara spell spirit of earth spirit of heaven star Sumer Sumerian Sun-god supreme tablet Tammuz Tel-loh temple thou thy heart Tiamat translation W. A. I. ii wife wind word worship
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Side 396 - And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall punish the host of the high ones that are on high, and the kings of the earth upon the earth. And they shall be gathered together, as prisoners are gathered in the pit, and shall be shut up in the prison, and after many days shall they be visited.
Side 257 - Astarte, queen of Heaven, with crescent horns ; To whose bright image nightly by the moon Sidonian virgins paid their vows and songs...
Side 396 - And there was war in heaven; Michael and his angels fought against the dragon; and the dragon fought, and his angels, and prevailed not; neither was their place found any more in heaven. And the great dragon was cast out, that old serpent, called the Devil, and Satan, which deceiveth the whole world; he was cast out into the earth, and his angels were cast out with him.
Side 300 - The voice of the Lord breaketh the cedars; yea, the Lord breaketh the cedars of Lebanon. He maketh them also to skip like a calf; Lebanon and Sirion like a young unicorn. The voice of the Lord divideth the flames of fire: the voice of the Lord shaketh the wilderness ; the Lord shaketh the wilderness of Kadesh.
Side 88 - But if ye say unto me, We trust in the LORD our God : is not that he, whose high places and whose altars Hezekiah hath taken away, and hath said to Judah and Jerusalem, Ye shall worship before this altar in Jerusalem...
Side 410 - And Jacob rose up early in the morning, and took the stone that he had put for his pillows, and set it up for a pillar, and poured oil upon the top of it.
Side 370 - ... likewise in their several organs both male and female. Other human figures were to be seen with the legs and horns of goats: some had horses...
Side 93 - In the middle of the precinct there was a tower of solid masonry, a furlong in length and breadth, upon which was raised a second tower, and on that a third, and so on up to eight.
Side 132 - Babylonia, an animal endowed with reason by name Cannes, whose whole body (according to the account of Apollodorus) was that of a fish ; that under the fish's head he had another head, with feet also below, similar to those of a man, subjoined to the fish's tail. His voice too and language was articulate and human, and a representation of him is preserved even to this day.
Side 370 - All things being in this situation, Belus came, and cut the woman asunder: and of one half of her he formed the earth, and of the other half the heavens ; and at the same time destroyed the animals within her.