Assyrian poetry, very similar to the Hebrew Psalms, [318]
Assyrians have gradations of authority among gods as among men, [267]
Aztecs adopted Toltec civilisation, [236]
Babel (Babylon), confusion of tongues at, story of, arose at Babylon, [330–1], [335]
Babylon and Assyria exerted an intellectual influence on the Hebrews during the Captivity, [319]
Babylonian story of the Creation, very similar to the Hebrew, [323]
Baghirmi, people in Central Africa, identify God with the Storm, [224]
Balaam (Bilʿâm) as interpreted in the Agâdâ, [33–4]
Barak, ‘Lightning,’ is made a national hero, [256];
the Judge (Lightning), [430]