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... Assyria contain more than one ancient poem on Creation ; the Persian account , preserved in sacred writings of a late ... Assyrian tablets , in Greek cosmogonies , nor in later philosophies , does any ancient writer reach the sim- 1 See ...
... Assyria contain more than one ancient poem on Creation ; the Persian account , preserved in sacred writings of a late ... Assyrian tablets , in Greek cosmogonies , nor in later philosophies , does any ancient writer reach the sim- 1 See ...
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... Assyrian account ( about the seventh century B.C. ) is nearest to the Hebrew , but forms part of a wild cycle of legends belonging to the twelve months of the year . The Greek may have taken it from the Phoenician . The Persian story ...
... Assyrian account ( about the seventh century B.C. ) is nearest to the Hebrew , but forms part of a wild cycle of legends belonging to the twelve months of the year . The Greek may have taken it from the Phoenician . The Persian story ...
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... was handed down in all parts of Europe and of Asia among races to whom the Hebrew Scriptures and the Assyrian tablets alike were never known . COMPARISON OF LANGUAGES . 13 NOTES TO CHAPTER I. Comparison 12 IN THE BEGINNING .
... was handed down in all parts of Europe and of Asia among races to whom the Hebrew Scriptures and the Assyrian tablets alike were never known . COMPARISON OF LANGUAGES . 13 NOTES TO CHAPTER I. Comparison 12 IN THE BEGINNING .
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... Assyrian - by Mr T. G. Pinches , and this discovery renders it probable that the Baby- lonian flood story is also a translation . It forms the eleventh tablet of a series of twelve , giving the adventures of a hero whose name is very ...
... Assyrian - by Mr T. G. Pinches , and this discovery renders it probable that the Baby- lonian flood story is also a translation . It forms the eleventh tablet of a series of twelve , giving the adventures of a hero whose name is very ...
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... Assyria and the foothills of the Taurus , the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris , and the Armenian mountains , seem to be clearly indicated as the first home of the race which afterwards spread to Syria , and yet later to Arabia ...
... Assyria and the foothills of the Taurus , the valleys of the Euphrates and Tigris , and the Armenian mountains , seem to be clearly indicated as the first home of the race which afterwards spread to Syria , and yet later to Arabia ...
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