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...Broken Wing of the South Wind. A Babylonian Myth written in the 15th century B. C., recently found in the ruins of an Egyptian library of the same date...
...Broken Wing of the South Wind. A Babylonian Myth written in the 15th century B. C., recently found in the ruins of an Egyptian library of the same date...
...Marduk and the Dragon. A Babylonian version of the Cosmogonic Myth...
...cause of the advance of Hebrew ideas from the animistic level was the prophetic Yahwism. The Babylonian captivity was the moral victory of prophecy. It had a very beneficial effect on religion, for it separated the people from the accustomed ritual, and increased their spirituality. Thus new influences came to bear upon the Jews at a time when they were best prepared to receive them. Here the conception of Yahweh began to rise. In Ezekiel the rescue of Israel from her troubles is portrayed by the well-known and splendid figure of the resurrection of the bones. This figure...
Lecture. The Beginnings of Babylonian Culture. Professor Lyon. Peabody Museum...