The Religion of Babylonia and Assyria Part 94

Ader, Cyrus.--The Views of the Babylonians Concerning Life after Death.

AR, 1888, 92-101; see also PAOS, Oct. 1887, ccx.x.xviii.-ccxliii.

Ball, C. J.--Glimpses of Babylonian Religion. I. Human Sacrifices. II.

The G.o.ds and Their Images. PSBA XIV. 149-162.

Bonavia, E.--The Sacred Trees of the a.s.syrian Monuments. BOR III. 7-12, 35-40, 56-61; see also IV. 95, 96.

---- The Sacred Trees of a.s.syria. 9th ICO, pp. 245-257.

[Arguments not conclusive.]

Boscawen, W. St. Chad.--Notes on the Religion and Mythology of the a.s.syrians. TSBA IV. 267-301.

---- Texts Bearing on the Belief in Immortality. (1) 12^th Izdubar Tablet. (2) Descent of Ishtar. (3) 7^th Izdubar Tablet. (4) Hymn to Marduk. BOR IV. 251-254.

---- Babylonian Witchcraft. ET, 1898, 228-230.

---- Notes on a.s.syrian Religion and Mythology. TSBA VI. 535-542.

[Translations of some religious texts. General remarks.]

---- Babylonian Teraphim. BOR I. 39, 40.

---- The Babylonian Legend of the Serpent Tempter. BOR IV. 251-255.

---- Oriental Eschatology (Egypt and Chaldaea). BOR VI. 38-42.

---- The Plague Legends of Chaldaea. BOR I. 11-14.

Clermont-Ganneau.--L'Enfer a.s.syrien. RAr, 2d Series, x.x.xVIII. 337-349.

Craig, James A.--The Babylonian Ishtar Epic. OTS VIII. 249-256.

Goessling, E.--Die Holle nach Babylonisch-a.s.syrischer Anschauung. TZ, 1895, No. 3.

Halevy, J.--L'Immortalite de l'ame chez les Peuples Semitiques. RAr, 2d Series, XLIV. 44-53.

[Translation and discussion of Ishtar's descent into the nether world.]

Halevy, J.--Le Rapt de Persephone ou Proserpine par Pluton chez les Babyloniens. RS I. 372-376.

Haug, M.--Die Unsterblichkeit der Seele bei den Chaldaern. BAZ, 1875, Nos. 70, 71.

Heuzey, L.--Mythes Chaldeens. RA, 3d Series, XXVI. 295-308.

Hilprecht, H. V.--Serpent and Tree in Babylonian Records. SST, 1893, No.

52.

Hincks, Edward.--On the a.s.syrian Mythology. RIA Memoirs, 1854, 405-422.

Hommel, F.--Hexenverbrennungen im alten Babylonien. Munchener Neueste Nachrichten, 1896, No. 415.

Jastrow, Morris, Jr.--The Ethics of the Babylonians and a.s.syrians. ER.

III. 65-77.

---- The Babylonian Term Shu'alu. AJSL XIV. 165-170.

Jensen, Peter.--The Queen in the Babylonian Hades and Her Consort. SST, 1897, Nos. 11, 12.

---- The Supposed Babylonian Origin of the Week and the Sabbath. SST, 1892, No. 3.

Jeremias, A.--Die Babylonisch-a.s.syrischen Vorstellungen vom Leben nach dem Tode. (Leipzig 1897.)

---- Articles 'Arallu' and 'Etana.'

[Announced to appear in the supplement to Roscher's 'Ausfuhrliches Lexikon der Griechischen und Romischen Mythologie.']

Kiesewetter, Carl.--Der Occultismus des Alterthums. (Leipzig 1896.) Book I. 364 _seq._, 'Der Occultismus bei den Akkadern, Babyloniern, Chaldaern und a.s.syriern.'

[Based largely upon Lenormant's 'Chaldaean Magic.']

Laurent, A.--La Magie et la Divination chez les Chaldeo-a.s.syriens.

(Paris 1894.)

Lenormant, F.--La Legende de Semiramis. (Paris 1872.)

[A transformed Ishtar legend.]

Oppert, J.--L'Immortalite de l'ame chez les Chaldeens. (Paris 1875.)

[Translation of Ishtar's descent into the nether world.]

Pinches, T. G.--The Messianic Idea among the Early Babylonians and a.s.syrians. Academy, 1887, Nos. 816, 818, 820.

Ravenshaw, E. C.--On the Winged Bulls, Lions, and Other Symbolical Figures from Nineveh. JRAS, 1854, 93-117.

[Contains some interesting suggestions on Babylonian mythology, but the paper as a whole is antiquated.]

Sayce, A. H.--Ancient Babylonian Moral and Political Precepts. RP VII.

119-122.

---- The Babylonian Legend of the Creation of Man. Academy, 1893, No.

1055.

---- Babylonian Folk-Lore. FLJ I. 16-22.

Scheil, Fr. V.--Relief Cisele representant une Scene Funeraire Babylonienne. RT XX. 59-62.

---- Le Culte de Gudea. RT XVIII. 64-74.