Lectures on the origin and growth of religion (290,00 руб.)

I |.г V _ {залив/шит LECTURES, 1887. v “i LE OTURE S ON TEE A ORIGIN AND GROWTH OF RELIGION AS ILLUSTRATED BY TEE RELIGION OF THE ANCIENT BABYLONIANS. <...> I cannot guarantee the exactness of every word in the translations of the cuneiform texts given in them. <...> The same fate has befallen the interpretation of the Hebrew Scriptures, and is still more likely to befall a progressive study like Assyrian. <...> How rapidly progressive the latter is, may be gathered from the number of contributions to our knowledge of Babylonian religion made since the following Lectures were in the hands of the printer. <...> Beteelrenis van Ea en zijn Verhoudiug tot Marudul: en Nabu,” has tried to show that Ea was originally connected with the fire ; Mr. Pinches has published а. late Babylonian text in the . <...> Babg/Zomkm Record, from which it appears that the ma, or “tithe,” was paid to the temple of the Sun-god not only by individuals, but also by towns; and Dr. Jensen, in the Zeitscltrtft Assy1'7.'oloyz'a (ii. 1), has made it probable that the azlcm-u of the hymn translated on pp. 68, 69, was the feast of the new moon. vi PREFACE. <...> W. A. I. means the five volumes of T/L8 Ozmciform Inscriptions of T'Vcstcrn Asia, published by the Trustees of the British Museum ; D. I’. denotes “determinative _prefix;” and the letters D.T., IL, M., S. and K., refer to tablets marked accordiiigly in the British Museum. “Uuuuml)e1‘ed” texts mean tablets which had not been catalogued at the time when I copied them. <...> Difficulties of the sI1hject—Character and age of the materia1s—llIoclifl~ cation of earlier views——Rise of Semitic culture in the court of Sargon of Accad, B.C. 3700—1115 conquest of Cyprus—~Interco11rse with Egypt—Earlier culture ofpre-Semitic Cha.l:lzea.—Conneetion between Babylonian and Hebrew religion—Two periods of Babylonian influence upon the JeWs—Origin of the names of Moses, Joseph, Saul, David and Solomon—Resemblances between the Babylonian and Jewish priesthood and ritua.l—)3ztl:aylonian temples and sabbath:-â€Human sacrifice-—Unclean meats Lncrmm П. <...> Cyrus а worshipper of Bel-\Ierodach——View of the priesthood about his couquest—Merodach the supreme Bel or Baal <...>