Description: The Bible and the Monuments : the Primitive Hebrew Records in the Light of Modern Research / by W. St. Chad Boscawen F.R.H.S. Boscawen, William St. Chad (1854-1913) London : Eyre And Spottiswoode, 1895. First Edition. Good copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat rubbed. Remains quite well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean. Cracking beginning inside front and rear covers, and some internally as well. Physical desc. : 177p : ill, tables. Subject: Bible - Antiquities - Evidences, authority, etc. Cuneiform inscriptions. Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian. Judaism - Relations - Assyro-Babylonian religion. Contents: The Hebrew and Assyrian Languages; The Creation Legends; The Serpent and the Fall; The Beginning of Civilisation; The Deluge; The Grave and the Future State. Contents of the final chapter "The Grave and the Future State" include: 'The Book of the Dead'; Magicians and Sorcerers; Man and Nature; The Soul and Death; Ghosts and Vampires; The Chief Ones of the Earth; Mountain of the Congregation; Sheol; The City of Death; Ruler of the Great City; The Bride of the Pit; The Land of No-Return; Naked and Bare; The Waters of Life. Illustrations include: Mace Head of Sargon I; First Creation Tablet, copied about B.C. 660; Eagle-Headed Figure; Merodach and the Dragon; Assyrian Tablet of the Creation Series; Seal of the Temptation; Ruins of the Palace of Gudea at Tello; Harper and Choir (B.C. 3000); Deluge Tablet (Portion of the Eleventh Tablet); Seal Representing Chaldean Noah; Winged Human-Headed Lion.
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Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Special Attributes: 1st Edition
Author: W. St. Chad Boscawen
Publisher: Eyre And Spottswoode
Topic: Religion
Subject: Religion & Spirituality
Year Printed: 1895
