Early Israel and the Surrounding Nations

About this eBook

Author

Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933

Credits

Produced by Jonathan Ingram, David King, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team

Language

English

LoC Class

DS: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: Asia

Subject

Jews -- History -- To 586 B.C.

Category

Text

eBook-No.

12976

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/12976

Release Date

July 21, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.EARLY ISRAEL AND THE SURROUNDING NATIONS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION
3. 3.CONTENTS
4. 4.CHAPTER I — THE ISRAELITES
5. 5.CHAPTER II — CANAAN
6. 6.CHAPTER III — THE NATIONS OF THE SOUTH-EAST
7. 7.CHAPTER IV — THE NATIONS OF THE NORTH-EAST
8. 8.CHAPTER V — EGYPT
9. 9.CHAPTER VI — BABYLONIA AND ASSYRIA
10. 10.CHAPTER VII — CONCLUSION
11. 11.I — EGYPTIAN CHRONOLOGY
12. 12.II — BABYLONIAN CHRONOLOGY
13. 13.III — ASSYRIAN CHRONOLOGY
14. 14.IV — HEBREW CHRONOLOGY AS CORRECTED BY THE ASSYRIAN MONUMENTS
15. 15.V — THE LETTERS OF EBEB-TOB (OR EBED KHEBA), VASSAL KING OF JERUSALEM, TO AMENOPHIS IV., KING OF EGYPT — LETTER OF SUWARDATUM TO AMENOPHIS IV. — LETTER FROM LABAI TO AMENOPHIS IV.
16. 16.IV — THE MOABITE STONE — ( See page 112 )
17. 17.VII — THE TREATY BETWEEN RAMSES II. AND THE HITTITES ( Brugsch's Translation ) — ( See page 79 )
18. 18.VIII — THE TRAVELS OF A MOHAR — A SATIRICAL ACCOUNT OF A TOURIST'S MISADVENTURES IN CANAAN, WRITTEN IN THE TIME OF RAMSES II., THE PHARAOH OF THE OPPRESSION — ( See page 189 )
19. 19.IX — THE NEGATIVE CONFESSION OF THE EGYPTIANS — ( Sir P. Le Page Renouf's Translation ) — ( See page 186 )
20. 20.X — LETTERS OF KHAMMURABI OR AMMURAPI (THE AMRAPHEL OP GEN. xiv. 1) TO SIN-IDINNAM, KING OF LARSA (THE ELLASAR OF GENESIS)
21. 21.XI — THE BABYLONIAN ACCOUNT OF THE DELUGE
22. 22.XII — THE BABYLONIAN EPIC OF THE CREATION — TABLET I. — TABLET II. — ( Begins with a speech of Ansar to Merodach .) — TABLET III. — TABLET IV. — TABLET V. — TABLET VI. (?)
23. 23.XIII — A SUMERIAN ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION FROM THE CITY OF ERIDU

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