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The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria

Theophilus Pinches

出版	CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016-08-09
主題	Religion / Comparative ReligionReligion / Indigenous, Folk & TribalSocial Science / Folklore & Mythology
ISBN	15369377709781536937770
URL	http://books.google.com.hk/books?id=zThNvgAACAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api

註釋

Apart from having the most delightful name in the history of forever, Theophilus G. Pinches was an expert on Ancient Babylon and Assyria. This short book is comprised of things like the story of creation, the principal gods of the Ancient Babylonians and Assyrians, and demons, exorcisms and ceremonies."The religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians was the polytheistic faith professed by the peoples inhabiting the Tigris and Euphrates valleys from what may be regarded as the dawn of history until the Christian era began, or, at least, until the inhabitants were brought under the influence of Christianity. The chronological period covered may be roughly estimated at about 5000 years. The belief of the people, at the end of that time, being Babylonian heathenism leavened with Judaism, the country was probably ripe for the reception of the new faith. Christianity, however, by no means replaced the earlier polytheism, as is evidenced by the fact, that the worship of Nebo and the gods associated with him continued until the fourth century of the Christian era."