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Legends of Babylon and Egypt in relation to Hebrew tradition / by Leonard W. King ...
Penn Museum Library - Egyptian Collection 892.3 K58.5
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- King, L. W. (Leonard William), 1869-1919.
- Series:
- Schweich lectures
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Bible. Old Testament--Evidences, authority, etc.
- Bible.
- Bible. Old Testament.
- Deluge.
- Creation.
- Cosmogony, Babylonian.
- Babylonia--Antiquities.
- Babylonia.
- Egypt--Antiquities.
- Egypt.
- Antiquities.
- Physical Description:
- ix, 155 pages ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- London : Pub. for the British Academy by H. Milford, Oxford university press, 1918.
- Contents:
- I. Egypt, Babylon, and Palestine, and some traditional origins of civilization.
- II. Deluge stories and the new Sumerian version.
- III. Creation and the dragon myth; and the problem of Babylonian parallels in Hebrew tradition.
- Appendixes: I. Comparative table of the Sumerian, Semitic-Babylonian, Hellenistic, and Hebrew versions of creation, antediluvian history, and the deluge. II. The antediluvian kings of Berossus and the Sumerian dynastic list.
- Notes:
- At head of title: The British academy.
- OCLC:
- 328065
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