Author : C. J. Moore
Publisher : Larousse Kingfisher Chambers
Page : 32 pages
File Size : 33,9 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780753450123
A retelling of the Babylonian myth telling how the death of Ishtar's son Tammuz brings about the changing seasons on earth.
Author : S H Langdon
Publisher :
Page : 238 pages
File Size : 50,26 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Religion
ISBN :
Author : Stephen Langdon
Publisher :
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 19,55 MB
Release : 1914
Category : Assyro-Babylonian religion
ISBN :
Author : Joseph M. Holden
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 44,70 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0736944850
From two leading Christian apologists, here is a fascinating survey of the most important Old and New Testament archaeological discoveries through the ages. Biblical archaeology has always stirred excitement among believers and curiosity among unbelievers. The evidence dug up with a spade can speak volumes—and serve as a powerful testimony of the reliability of Scripture. Norm Geisler and Joe Holden have put together an impressive array of finds that confirm the biblical peoples and events of ages past. In a user-friendly format written in popular style, they... examine the latest finds and explain their significance include more than 150 photographs provide an instructive chart of artifacts (along with fast facts) sample a variety of finds—papyri, inscriptions, scrolls, ossuaries, and more If readers are looking for just one book to cover this topic both concisely and comprehensively, this is it!
Author : Dunya Mikhail
Publisher : New Directions Publishing
Page : 96 pages
File Size : 49,55 MB
Release : 2014-05-27
Category : Poetry
ISBN : 081122287X
A stunning new collection by one of Iraq’s brightest poetic voices The Iraqi Nights is the third collection by the acclaimed Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail. Taking The One Thousand and One Nights as her central theme, Mikhail personifies the role of Scheherazade the storyteller, saving herself through her tales. The nights are endless, seemingly as dark as war in this haunting collection, seemingly as endless as war. Yet the poet cannot stop dreaming of a future beyond the violence of a place where “every moment / something ordinary / will happen under the sun.” Unlike Scheherazade, however, Mikhail is writing, not to escape death, but to summon the strength to endure. Inhabiting the emotive spaces between Iraq and the U.S., Mikhail infuses those harsh realms with a deep poetic intimacy. The author’s vivid illustrations — inspired by Sumerian tablets — are threaded throughout this powerful book.
Author : Louise M. Pryke
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 41,60 MB
Release : 2017-07-14
Category : History
ISBN : 1317506650
Ishtar is the first book dedicated to providing an accessible analysis of the mythology and image of this complex goddess. The polarity of her nature is reflected in her role as goddess of sexual love and war, and has made her difficult to characterise in modern scholarship. By exploring this complexity, Ishtar offers insight into Mesopotamian culture and thought, and elucidates a goddess who transcended the limits of gender, divinity and nature. It gives an accessible introduction to the Near Eastern pantheon, while also opening a pathway for comparison with the later Near Eastern and Mediterranean deities who followed her.
Author : Donald A. Mackenzie
Publisher : Masterlab
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 31,66 MB
Release : 2014-12-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 837991161X
This volume deals with the myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria, and as these reflect the civilization in which they developed, a historical narrative has been provided, beginning with the early Sumerian Age and concluding with the periods of the Persian and Grecian Empires. Over thirty centuries of human progress are thus passed under review. Keywords: myth, legend, ancient, religion, classic
Author : Lewis Spence
Publisher :
Page : 506 pages
File Size : 29,26 MB
Release : 1920
Category : Assyro-Babylonian religion
ISBN :
A collection of Babylonian and Assyrian myths and legends, including various analogues of the biblical flood story and discussions of the history of Babylon and Assyria, and descriptions of various forms of Babylonian worship, Assyrian cults, and archaeological excavation of Babylonian and Assyrian sites.
Author : Christopher Paul Moore
Publisher :
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,60 MB
Release : 1998
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780684854953
A bus driver takes his grandson along on Saturdays as he travels a historical route around New York City. What comes out of these travels is a series of wonderful adventures that culminates on Christmas Eve, when the bus gets stuck in a snowstorm. Watercolor illustrations.
Author : Abraham Merritt
Publisher : eStar Books
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 19,49 MB
Release : 2014-10-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1612108288
The archaeologist hero, Kenton, receives a mysterious ancient Babylonian artifact, which he discovers contains an incredibly detailed model of a ship. A dizzy spell casts Kenton onto the deck of the ship, which becomes a full-sized vessel sailing an eternal sea. The appearance of Kenton is unexpected for the inhabitants of the ship and amazing adventures ensue…
