Project Gutenberg 2007-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 232 Jastrow, Morris 1861 1921 The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Reading ease score: 60.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. Produced by Paul Murray and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net. (This file was produced from images generously made available by the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF/Gallica) at http://gallica.bnf.fr) "The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria" by Morris Jastrow, Jr. is a historical account written in the late 19th century. This work provides a comprehensive overview of the religious practices, beliefs, and historical developments of the Babylonian and Assyrian cultures. It aims to gather and summarize the scattered information available about these ancient religions to facilitate further study and understanding of their complexities. At the start of the book, Jastrow discusses the historical context of Babylonian and Assyrian religions, highlighting the scarcity of direct records prior to the 19th century's archaeological discoveries. He notes that early knowledge was primarily derived from biblical texts and the works of ancient historians like Herodotus. The opening chapters outline the essential sources for understanding these religions and describe the significant archaeological excavations that have revealed thousands of texts and artifacts, offering deeper insights into the religious life of Mesopotamia. This introductory portion sets a scholarly tone, establishing the book as a vital resource for both specialists and interested readers seeking to comprehend the spiritual heritage of these ancient civilizations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Assyro-Babylonian religion Omens Cults -- Assyro-Babylonian BL Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: History - Religious Browsing: Religion/Spirituality/Paranormal 2395131 2395136 2024-10-09T07:15:13.828590 2023-09-09T09:24:31.833552 text/html text/html 2375734 2021-01-01T19:51:31 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 729335 2021-01-01T19:51:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 868094 2024-10-09T07:16:15.598287 application/epub+zip 907328 2024-10-09T07:15:31.152741 application/epub+zip 834419 2024-10-09T07:15:22.792550 application/epub+zip 2025824 2024-10-09T07:16:39.865166 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1923259 2024-10-09T07:16:03.051337 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1551289 2022-09-10T03:55:05.444720 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1614734 1614479 2024-10-09T07:15:03.471178 2023-09-09T09:24:22.312493 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 1613497 2021-01-01T19:51:31 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 571348 2021-01-01T19:51:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1613744 2021-01-01T19:51:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 570646 2021-01-01T19:51:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22142 2024-10-09T07:16:40.068146 application/rdf+xml 16465 2024-10-09T07:15:23.819550 image/jpeg 3848 2024-10-09T07:15:23.312633 image/jpeg 800351 2024-10-09T07:15:13.986611 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia