[1141] See Winterbotham, "The Cult of Father Abraham," in the Expositor, 1897, pp. 177-186.

[1142] See Jensen's Kosmologie, p. 215, and Meissner, Altbabylonisches Privatrecht, p. 21. The word is used for the foundation of a building, and is an indication, therefore, of the great depth at which the nether world was placed.

[1143] See below, p. [567], and Jensen's Kosmologie, p. 259.

[1144] See pp. [65], [66].

[1145] Kabru and Gegunu ('dark place').

[1146] See also below, pp. [566], [567].

[1147] Published IV Rawlinson (2nd edition), pl. 31.

[1148] See p. [483].

[1149] The Old Testament recognizes only two seasons, summer and winter. See, e.g., Gen. viii. 22.

[1150] See the discussion in Robertson Smith's Religions of the Semites, pp. 391-394; and also Farnall, The Cults of the Greek States, ii. 644-649.