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George Smith

The Chaldean Account of Genesis

New Edition, Revised by A.H. Sayce

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In this early work of Assyriology, Smith provides his analysis of the Gilgamesh Epic as well as Enuma Elish in their relation to the Old Testament. Five years after his death, the renowned Assyriologists, A. H. Sayce revised and updated his work.The stories and myths given in the foregoing pages have, probably, very different values; some are genuine traditions--some compiled to account for natural phenomena, and some pure romances. At the head of their history and traditions the Babylonians placed an account of the creation of the world; and, although different forms of this story were current, in certain features they all agreed. Beside the… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Sayce, A. H.
  • ISBN: 978-1-72521-265-7
  • EAN: 9781725212657
  • Produktnummer: 34669584
  • Verlag: Wipf and Stock Publishers
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
  • Seitenangabe: 362 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 49'053 KB

Über den Autor


George Smith (1840-1876) worked for the Oriental Antiquities Department of the British Museum. Among his publications are History of Assurbanipal, The Phonetic Values of the Cuneiform Characters, The Assyrian Eponym Canon, and Assyria from the Earliest Times to the Fall of Nineveh.A. H. Sayce (1845-1933) was a longtime professor at Queen's College, Oxford University. A comparative philologist and orientalist, Sayce was a leading Assyriologist of his time. Among his many publications are The Principles of Comparative Philology, The Archaeology of the Cuneiform Inscriptions, Astronomy and Astrology of the Babylonians, and The Ancient Empires of the East.

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