Contents - The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia - 2

[Foreword]
[Chapter I. The Early Traditions Of The Creation.]
[Chapter II. The History, As Given In The Bible, From The Creation To The Flood.]
[Chapter III. The Flood.]
[Appendix. The Second Version Of The Flood-Story.]
[Chapter IV. Assyria, Babylonia, And The Hebrews, With Reference To The So-Called Genealogical Table.]
[The Tower Of Babel.]
[The Patriarchs To Abraham.]
[Chapter V. Babylonia At The Time Of Abraham.]
[The Religious Element.]
[The King.]
[The People.]
[“Year of Šamaš and Rimmon.”]
[Chapter VI. Abraham.]
[Salem.]
[Chapter VII. Isaac, Jacob, And Joseph.]
[Chapter VIII. The Tel-El-Amarna Tablets And The Exodus.]
[Chapter IX. The Nations With Whom The Israelites Came Into Contact.]
[Amorites.]
[Hittites.]
[Jebusites.]
[Girgashites.]
[Moabites.]
[Chapter X. Contact Of The Hebrews With The Assyrians.]
[Sennacherib.]
[Esarhaddon.]
[Aššur-Banî-Âpli.]
[Chapter XI. Contact Of The Hebrews With The Later Babylonians.]
[Chapter XII. Life At Babylon During The Captivity, With Some Reference To The Jews.]
[Chapter XIII. The Decline Of Babylon.]
[Appendix. The Stele Inscribed With The Laws Of Ḫammurabi.]
[Appendix To The Third Edition.]
[Notes And Additions.]
[Index.]
[Footnotes]

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Bas-relief and inscription of Hammurabi, generally regarded as the Biblical Amraphel (Gen. xiv. 1), apparently dedicated for the saving of his life. In this he bears the title (incomplete) of “King of Amoria” (the Amorites), lugal Mar[tu], Semitic Babylonian sar mât Amurrî (see page [315]).

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