The Chaldean account of Genesis
by George Smith | 1876 | 63,564 words
The Chaldean account of Genesis, containing the description of the creation, the fall of man, the deluge, the tower of Babel, the times of the patriarchs, and Nimrod; Babylonian fables, and legends of the gods; from the cuneiform inscriptions Author: Smith, George, 1840-1876 Subject: Bible; Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian; Creation Publisher: London ...
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TO
SIR HENRY CRESWICKE RAWLINSON,
K.C.B., D.C.L., ETC. ETC. ETC.,
MY TEACHER AND PREDECESSOR IN MY PRESENT
LINE OF RESEARCH,
IN REMEMBRANCE OF MANY FAVOURS,
THIS WORK IS