Amurru

by Albert T Clay

Overview

Description: A Study showing that the religion and culture of Israel are not of Babylonian origin.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781625647115
Publisher:	Wipf & Stock Publishers
Publication date:	03/01/2014
Pages:	218
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Albert T. Clay (1866-1925) was the William M. Laffan Professor of Assyriology and Babylonian Literature at Yale University. Among his other publications are Babylonian Epics, Hymns, Omens, and Other Texts; The Empire of the Amorites; Neo-Babylonian Letters from Erech; and The Origin of Biblical Traditions.

Table of Contents

Part I

Introductory Remarks 13

Creation Story 44

The Sabbath 55

Antediluvian Patriarchs 63

Deluge Story 71

Original Home of Semitic Culture 83

Part II

Amurru in the Cuneiform Inscriptions 95

Amurru in West Semitic Inscriptions 150

Appendix

I Ur Op The Chaldees 167

II The Name Of Jerusalem 173

III The Name Of Sargon 181

IV The Name NIN-IB 195

V The Name Yahweh 202