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...which forced him to return home. It was then supposed that this was owing to the direct intervention of Jalweh. The prophets said that the Assyrian invasions were to punish the Jews for their idolatry, but the invaders themselves had no such idea. The transportation of the Jews to Babylon was not a punishment, but was part of the general plicy of the Assyrian Kings. Isaiah preached reformation to the people and met with opposition, not because of his ideas, but because he repeated himself and bored his hearers. Only part of the Books ascribed to him were really written...
...expedition for archaeological and literary research is about to be sent to Babylon, by the University of Penn...
Last evening Prof. Frothingham delivered the third of the series of lectures on Assyrian Archaeology. The beginning of Babylonian art can be traced to the earliest historical period of Babylon, about 4000 B. C. From that period on we possess inscriptions for nearly every century from colossal temples and statues. Northern Babylonia was the first art centre, but in the third milennium Ur, in Southern Babylonia became the centre. There came a third period when the North was again the seat of artisti life, which gradually declined in vigor up to the capture of Babylon by the Assyrians. There...
...book counter: Melville's "In the Lena Delta;" McArthur's "Education in its Relation to Manual Industry;" Porter's "Elements of Moral Science;" Rawlinson's "Egypt and Babylon...
...book counter: Melville's "In the Lena Delta;" McArthur's "Education in its Relation to Manual Industry;" Porter's "Elements of Moral Science:" Rawlinson's "Egypt and Babylon...