The Chaldean account of Genesis
by George Smith
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About This Book
The Creation, the Fall of Man, the Deluge, the Tower of Babel, the times of the Patriarchs; many of us know these stories through reading Genesis in the Old Testament. But, what happens if there was an alternative source that spoke of these events?George Smith, a pioneering English Assyriologist, discovered a number of ancient tablets in the lands surrounding Nineveh, situated in what was previously the infamous civilization of Babylonia. Written in the long-forgotten script of cuneiform, Smith was able to discover some remarkable finds upon their surfaces. The Chaldean Account of Genesis expl...
Chapters (380)(click to expand)
- THE CHALDEAN ACCOUNT OF GENESIS
- PREFACE BY THE EDITOR.
- CONTENTS.
- LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- Chapter I. THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENESIS LEGENDS.
- Chapter II. BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE.
- Chapter III. CHALDEAN LEGENDS TRANSMITTED THROUGH BEROSUS AND OTHER ANCIENT AUTHORS.
- Extract I. from Alexander Polyhistor (Cory, p. 56).
- Berosus, from Apollodorus (Cory, p. 51).
- Berosus, from Abydenus (Cory, p. 53).
- Of the Tower of Babel (Cory, p. 55).
- Of the Dispersion, from Hestiæus (Cory, p. 74).
- Of the Tower of Babel, from Alexander Polyhistor (Cory, p. 75).
- The Theogonies, from Damascius (Cory, p. 92).
- Chapter IV. BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY.
- Chapter V. BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION.
- Chapter VI. OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION.
- Chapter VII. THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU.
- Chapter VIII. THE EXPLOITS OF DIBBARA.
- Chapter IX. BABYLONIAN FABLES.
- I. The Story of the Eagle.
- III. Fable of the Horse and Ox.
- Chapter X. FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS.
- Chapter XI. THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS.
- Part I.—Introduction.
- Part II.—Meeting of Hea-bani and Izdubar.
- Part III.—Destruction of the tyrant Khumbaba.
- Part IV.—Adventures of Istar.
- Part V.—Illness and wanderings of Izdubar.
- Part VI.—Description of Deluge, and conclusion.
- Tablet I.
- Chapter XII. MEETING OF HEA-BANI AND IZDUBAR.
- Tablet II.
- Tablet III.
- Chapter XIII. DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA.
- Tablet IV.
- Tablet V.
- Chapter XIV. THE ADVENTURES OF ISTAR.
- Tablet VI.
- Column IV.
- Chapter XV. ILLNESS AND WANDERINGS OF IZDUBAR.
- Tablet VIII.
- Tablet IX.
- Tablet X.
- Chapter XVI. THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND CONCLUSION.
- Tablet XI.
- Chapter XVII. CONCLUSION.
- INDEX.
- FOOTNOTES
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