The Chaldean Account of Genesis

About this eBook

Author

Smith, George, 1840-1876

Title

The Chaldean account of Genesis : Containing the description of the creation, the fall of man, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the times of the patriarchs

Credits

Produced by MFR, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

BS: Philosophy, Psychology, Religion: Christianity: The Bible, Old and New Testament

Subject

Bible. Genesis -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 60559

Release Date

October 23, 2019

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Transcriber’s Notes — THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS
2. 2.PREFACE BY THE EDITOR.
3. 3.CONTENTS.
4. 4.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
5. 5.Chapter I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENESIS LEGENDS.
6. 6.Chapter II. BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE.
7. 7.Chapter III. CHALDEAN LEGENDS TRANSMITTED THROUGH BEROSUS AND OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS. — Extract I. from Alexander Polyhistor ( Cory , p. 56). — Berosus, from Apollodorus ( Cory , p. 51). — Berosus, from Abydenus ( Cory , p. 53). — Of the Tower of Babel ( Cory , p. 55). — Of the Dispersion, from Hestiæus ( Cory , p. 74). — Of the Tower of Babel, from Alexander Polyhistor ( Cory , p. 75). — The Theogonies, from Damascius ( Cory , p. 92).
8. 8.Chapter IV. BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY.
9. 9.Chapter V. BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION.
10. 10.Chapter VI. OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION.
11. 11.Chapter VII. THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU.
12. 12.Chapter VIII. THE EXPLOITS OF DIBBARA.
13. 13.Chapter IX. BABYLONIAN FABLES. — I. The Story of the Eagle. — III. Fable of the Horse and Ox.
14. 14.Chapter X. FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS.
15. 15.Chapter XI. THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS. — Part I.—Introduction. — Part II.—Meeting of Hea-bani and Izdubar. — Part III.—Destruction of the tyrant Khumbaba. — Part IV.—Adventures of Istar. — Part V.—Illness and wanderings of Izdubar. — Part VI.—Description of Deluge, and conclusion. — Tablet I.
16. 16.Chapter XII. MEETING OF HEA-BANI AND IZDUBAR. — Tablet II. — Tablet III.
17. 17.Chapter XIII. DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA. — Tablet IV. — Tablet V.
18. 18.Chapter XIV. THE ADVENTURES OF ISTAR. — Tablet VI. — Column IV.
19. 19.Chapter XV. ILLNESS AND WANDERINGS OF IZDUBAR. — Tablet VIII. — Tablet IX. — Tablet X.
20. 20.Chapter XVI. THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND CONCLUSION. — Tablet XI.
21. 21.Chapter XVII. CONCLUSION.
22. 22.INDEX. — FOOTNOTES

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