Robert William Rogers offers an in-depth look at the religion of Babylonia and Assyria in this fascinating book. With a focus on the relationship between these ancient religions and Israel, as well as the historical and cultural significance of their belief systems, this book is an important work on the history of religion. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Excerpt from The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria, Especially in Its Relations to Israel: Five Lectures Delivered at Harvard University IN the month of July, 1908, I delivered at Harvard University, in the Summer School Of Theology, five lectures which are now put into this little book. They are printed substantially as they were delivered, though a few passages have been several times rewritten in an earnest endeavor after lucidity and cogency. I am grateful to my Harvard colleagues for this pleasant opportunity to associate myself for even a brief season with a great school Of scholars with whom my relations have always been friendly, and from whom I have had much stimulus and not a little encouragement. But for their courteous invitation I should probably not have turned aside from other labors to write this little essay. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1908 edition. Excerpt: ...probable that the passage which follows is a doublet. The first, which honors Ea, by making him the hero, is now succeeded by the second, in which Marduk is the hero. But Marduk was not probably the original hero of this section. It was the elder Bel, the god of Nippur, whose original name was En-lil, or Ellil. Marduk has simply displaced him and assumed his position of honor. We shall do well to note this particularly, for we shall later be called on to see how Marduk was displaced in turn by another and much greater god.2 Let us now resume the story: 1 This is not quite certain, but line 60 runs thus: "Then went up Ea, who knoweth all things, and beheld their designs." Line 61 has disappeared altogether, and then in line 62 we have: "to make his pure incantation," which seems at least to suggest that this was his weapon, especially as in the fragmentary lines that remain there appear no hints of any other weapons, such, for example, as are so elaborately described below when Marduk is engaged. See p. 134. They cursed the day, and at the side of Tiamat advanced, 110 They were furious, they devised mischief night and day without rest. They take up the combat, they devastate, they rage. They join their forces, they organize battle. Ummu-Khubur that is, Tiamat, who formed all things, Made also weapons invincible, she spawned monster serpents, 115 Sharp of tooth and merciless in carnage; With venom instead of blood she filled their bodies. Terrible dragons she clothed with terror, With splendor she decked them, she made them of lofty appearance. Whoever beheld them, terror overcame him, 120 Their bodies reared up and none could withstand their attack. She set up serpents, and reptiles, and the monster Lakhamu, And...