Word: lyon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Psalter. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...endeavoring to have a course established in general study of the Bible. This object may not be attained next year on account of other arrangements, but it is probable that a course of evening conferences will be given by Professors Lyon and Toy on the Old Testament, Professor Thayer on the New Testament, Professor Everett on comparative religions, and Professor Peabody...
...Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Psalter. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...lecture yesterday Prof. Lyon showed the close relationship between the first eleven chapters in Genesis and similar narratives in the Babylonian-Assyrian literature. In some cases, as the Deluge, the cuneiform account is almost completely recovered; in others. owing to the terrible fate that befell Assyrian libraries, only small fragments have yet been found. The use to which the Hebrews put this material constitutes the great superiority in the Hebrew versions. The writer of Genesis replaced polytheism by monotheism. Some things he left out, and retained only echoes of other portions. Thus, we find in Genesis a serpent which...
...Cuneiform Inscriptions and Genesis. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...