Babylonian Life and History. 3rd Ed.

Budge, E. A. Wallis

ISBN 10: 1594623260 / ISBN 13: 9781594623264

Edité par Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.: Standard Pubns Inc, 2006

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Trade paperback in fine condition. Third edition.

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• Titre: Babylonian Life and History. 3rd Ed.
• Éditeur: Champaign, Illinois, U.S.A.: Standard Pubns Inc
• Date de parution: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 1594623260
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9781594623264
• Reliure: Soft cover
• Édition: 3rd Edition
• État de l'article: Fine
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Synopsis

The following pages have been written with the view of offering to the Bible student, in a small compass, a little of the history of Babylon, her thought, religion, and manners, and consequently the means whereby he may understand better some of the allusions of the prophets and Bible historians. When they wrote, they knew they were addressing a nation fully acquainted with the knowledge necessary for the understanding of their words. We inhabitants of the West are obliged to have recourse to whatever contemporaneous records we can find for the explanation of the history of the time which is not clearly stated in the Bible. Consequently the notices of Bible events and Bible history which are obtained from the nation which had so much to do with the Jews are of particular value...