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The Chaldean Account of Genesis de George Smith

The Chaldean Account of Genesis

Autor George Smith
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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 account of the present animals, they related the creation of legions of monster forms which disappeared before the human epoch, and they accounted for the great problem of humanity--the presence of evil in the world--by making out that it proceeded from the original chaos, the spirit of confusion and darkness, which was the origin of all things, and which was even older than the gods. --from the Conclusion
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ISBN-13: 9781592449675
ISBN-10: 1592449670
Pagini: 362
Dimensiuni: 144 x 215 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Notă biografică

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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Preface; 1. The discovery of the Genesis legends; 2. Babylonian and Assyrian literature; 3. Chaldean legends transmitted through Berosus and other ancient authors; 4. Babylonian mythology; 5. Babylonian legend of the creation; 6. Other Babylonian accounts of the creation; 7. The sign of the god Zu; 8. The exploits of Dibbara; 9. Babylonian fables; 10. Fragments of miscellaneous texts; 11. The Izdubar legends; 12. Meeting of Hea-Bani and Izdubar; 13. Destruction of the tyrant Khumbaba; 14. The adventures of Istar; 15. Illness and wanderings of Izdubar; 16. The story of the flood and conclusion; 17. Conclusion; Index.

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The Assyriologist George Smith (1840–76) was trained originally as an engraver, but was enthralled by the discoveries of Layard and Rawlinson. He taught himself cuneiform script, and joined the British Museum as a 'repairer' or matcher of broken cuneiform tablets. Promotion followed, and after one of Smith's most significant discoveries among the material sent to the Museum - a Babylonian story of a great flood - he was sent to the Middle East, where he found more inscriptions which contained other parts of the epic tale of Gilgamesh. In 1876, shortly before his early death, Smith published this work, which drew extraordinary parallels between much earlier cuneiform documents and the biblical book of Genesis. The book was both controversial and very successful. The second edition, reissued here, was published in 1880, with corrections and additional material provided by Archibald Sayce (1846–1933), which reflected recent advances in Middle Eastern studies.