Amurru: The Home of the Northern Semites, a Study Showing That the Religion and Culture of Israel Are Not of Babylonian Origin (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Amurru: The Home of the Northern Semites, a Study Showing That the Religion and Culture of Israel Are Not of Babylonian Origin To my colleagues, Professor J. A. Montgomery and Pro f essor Morris J astrow, Jr., I am deeply grateful for their generous help and encouragement during the preparation of this book. And I also extend my hearty thanks for the kind assistance rendered by my friends, Professor G. A. Barton, of Bryn Mawr Professor W. Max Muller, of Phila delphia; Professor Arthur Ungnad, Of Jena; the Rev. Dr. C. H. W. Johns, Fellow at Cambridge University; Dr. Hermann Ranke, of Berlin; Dr. Arno Poebel, of Eisenach; and Dr. William Hayes Ward, of New York. To all it gives me pleasure to acknowledge my indebted ness and extend my warm gratitude. Let me add, in mentioning the names of these scholars, that they are in no wise responsible for the views expressed in these lectures. 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.

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Excerpt from The Empire of the Amorites In popularizing these theories, as well as others not SO far-reach ing, that arose in Germany, certain American and English scholars resorted to all kinds of efforts to pare them down so as to make them more palatable: by making the borrowings early instead Of late, proposing that when Israel entered Palestine they were part Of the mental possession of the people; or by making it appear that these Babylonian myths were Simply used in a devotional way to illustrate ethical implications, or as media for the expression of a more spiritual faith. In many quarters, scholars gravitated toward this theory; and it was conceded generally that there was a considerable dependence upon Babylonia. Reﬂections of these revolutionary ideas ﬂared up almost everywhere. 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.

The Empire of the Amorites (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Amurru: The Home of the Northern Semites, a Study Showing That the Religion and Culture of Israel Are Not of Babylonian Origin To my colleagues, Professor J. A. Montgomery and Pro f essor Morris J astrow, Jr., I am deeply grateful for their generous help and encouragement during the preparation of this book. And I also extend my hearty thanks for the kind assistance rendered by my friends, Professor G. A. Barton, of Bryn Mawr Professor W. Max Muller, of Phila delphia; Professor Arthur Ungnad, Of Jena; the Rev. Dr. C. H. W. Johns, Fellow at Cambridge University; Dr. Hermann Ranke, of Berlin; Dr. Arno Poebel, of Eisenach; and Dr. William Hayes Ward, of New York. To all it gives me pleasure to acknowledge my indebted ness and extend my warm gratitude. Let me add, in mentioning the names of these scholars, that they are in no wise responsible for the views expressed in these lectures. 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.

Excerpt from A Hebrew Deluge Story in Cuneiform, Vol. 5: And Other Epic Fragments in the Pierpont Morgan Library Twelve years ago the writer took issue with this general posi tion, holding that the traditions of the Hebrews were indigenous in the land of the Amorites; and that contrary to the prevailing view, this land was not dependent for its population upon Arabs who migrated from Arabia a little before and after the time of Abraham, but-upon an indigenous people, the antiquity of whose culture is as high as that known in Egypt or Babylonia; and also that the Semites who moved into the lower Euphrates valley mainly came from this quarter, and brought with them their culture. He has also consistently maintained that such familiar Biblical characters as the patriarchs and others, instead of being the creations of fiction writers, were historical personages. 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.

A Hebrew Deluge Story in Cuneiform, Vol. 5: And Other Epic Fragments in the Pierpont Morgan Library (Classic Reprint)

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Amurru: The Home of the Northern Semites, a Study Showing That the Religion and Culture of Israel Are Not of Babylonian Origin (Classic Reprint)

The Empire of the Amorites (Classic Reprint)

Amurru: The Home of the Northern Semites, a Study Showing That the Religion and Culture of Israel Are Not of Babylonian Origin (Classic Reprint)

The Empire of the Amorites (Classic Reprint)

A Hebrew Deluge Story in Cuneiform, Vol. 5: And Other Epic Fragments in the Pierpont Morgan Library (Classic Reprint)