Legends of Babylon and Egypt, in Relation to Hebrew Tradition. E-book. Formato PDF Leonard W. King   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

IN these lectures an attempt is made, not so much to restate familiar facts, as to accommodate them to new and supplementary evidence which has been published in America since the out break of the war. But even without the excuse of recent discovery, no apology would be needed for any comparison or contrast of Hebrew tradition with the mythological and legendary beliefs of Babylon and Egypt. Hebrew achievements in the sphere of religion and ethics are only thrown into stronger relief when studied against their contemporary background.

Babylonian Magic and Sorcery. E-book. Formato PDF Leonard W. King   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

My thanks are due to Prof. Bezold both for friendly advice and for help in the revision of the proofs; I am also indebted to Prof. Zimmern and a few private friends for suggestions which I have adopted.

A History of Babylon From the Foundation of the Monarchy to the Persian Conquest. E-book. Formato PDF Leonard W. King   -  Forgotten Books, 2017  - 

Babylon's great wealth, due to her soil and semi tropical climate, enabled her to survive successive foreign dominations and to impose her civilization on her conquerors. Her caravans carried that civilization far afield, and one of the most fascinating problems of her history is to trace the effect of such intercourse in the literary remains of other nations. Much recent research has been devoted to this subject, and the great value of its results has given rise in some quarters to the View that the religious development of Western Asia, and in a minor degree of Europe, was dominated by the in?uence of Babylon. The theory which under lies such speculation assumes a reading of the country's history which cannot be ignored. In the concluding chapter an estimate has been attempted of the extent to which the assumption is in harmony with historical research. The delay in the publication of this volume has rendered it possible to incorporate recent discoveries.