Archæology and the BibleBarton, George A. (George Aaron)
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Archæology and the Bible
Barton, George A. (George Aaron)
Bible -- Antiquities; Egypt -- Antiquities; Middle East -- Antiquities
Feast of Marduk and Zarpanit. A Day called Shabatum. A Day
in Some Tablets at Yale.
IV. THE LEGEND OF ADAPA AND THE FALL OF MAN 260
Comparison with Genesis 3. The Adapa Myth.
V. THE PATRIARCHS BEFORE THE FLOOD 264
Babylonian Long-Lived Kings. Comparison with Genesis 5.
Comparison with Genesis 4. Comparison with the List of
Berossos.
VI. A BABYLONIAN ACCOUNT OF THE FLOOD, FROM A TABLET WRITTEN
AT NINEVEH IN THE SEVENTH CENTURY B. C. 273
Translation of the Text. Comparison with Genesis 6-9.
Another Babylonian Version.
VII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE CREATION AND FLOOD, FROM A TABLET
WRITTEN AT NIPPUR BEFORE 2000 B. C. 278
Translation. Comparison with the Other Version.
VIII. AN ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN OF A CITY AND THE BEGINNING OF
AGRICULTURE, FROM A TABLET WRITTEN AT NIPPUR BEFORE 2000 B. C. 283
Translation. Comparison with Biblical Material.
IX. ABRAHAM AND ARCHÆOLOGY 290
Abraham hired an Ox. Abraham leased a Farm. Abraham paid his
Rent. Who was this Abraham? Travel between Babylonia and
Palestine. Hammurapi, King of the Westland. Kadur-Mabug.
Kings supposed by some to be those of Genesis 14.
X. JACOB AND JOSEPH 299
Appearances of these Names in Babylonian and Egyptian
Records. “The Tale of the Two Brothers”; its Bearing on the
Story of Joseph in Genesis. Letters to a Ruler like Joseph.
The Seven Years of Famine. Inscription showing Preparation
for Famine.
XI. PALESTINE IN THE PATRIARCHAL AGE 307
The Tale of Sinuhe. Communication between Egypt and
Palestine.
XII. MOSES AND THE EXODUS 310
The Legend of Sargon of Agade; its Resemblance to the Story
of Moses. The Pillar of Merneptah; the Only Appearance of
the Name “Israel” outside of the Bible.
XIII. THE CODE OF HAMMURAPI AND THE PENTATEUCH 313
The Text of the Code; Resemblance to and Contrast with the
Mosaic Code. The Mosaic Code not borrowed from the
Babylonian; Different Underlying Conceptions.
XIV. AN ALLEGED PARALLEL TO LEVITICUS--A CARTHAGINIAN LAW
CONCERNING SACRIFICES 342
The Text of the Carthaginian Law. Comparison with the
Levitical Law.
XV. SOME LETTERS FROM PALESTINE 344
Letters of Rib-Adda of Gebal. Of Ebed-Hepa of Jerusalem.
Their Light on Conditions in the Period of the Egyptian
Domination of Palestine.
XVI. DOCUMENTS FROM THE TIME OF ISRAEL’S JUDGES 352
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