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Babylonian religion is the religious practice of Babylonia. Babylonia's mythology was largely influenced by its Sumerian counterparts and was written on clay tablets inscribed with the cuneiform script derived from Sumerian cuneiform. The myths were usually either written in Sumerian or Akkadian. Some Babylonian texts were translations into ...
The true core texts of the Yazidi religion that exist today are the hymns, known as qawls. Spurious examples of so-called "Yazidi religious texts" include the Yazidi Black Book and the Yazidi Book of Revelation , which are believed to have been forged in the early 20th century; the Yazidi Black Book, for instance, is thought to be a combination ...
Babylonian Religion and Mythology is a scholarly book written in 1899 by the English archaeologist and Assyriologist L. W. King (1869-1919). [1] This book provides an in-depth analysis of the religious system of ancient Babylon , researching its intricate connection with the mythology that shaped the Babylonians' understanding of their world. [ 2 ]
The undated Babylonian text Dialogue of Pessimism contains similarities to the agnostic thought of the sophists, the Heraclitean doctrine of contrasts, and the dialogs of Plato, as well as a precursor to the maieutic Socratic method of Socrates and Plato. [2] The Milesian philosopher Thales is also said to have studied philosophy in Mesopotamia.
Tammuz and Ishtar : a monograph upon Babylonian religion and theology containing extensive extracts from the Tammuz liturgies and all of the Arbela oracles. Oxford University Press. 1914. ISBN 978-0-404-18193-2. Internet Archive; Sumerian epic of Paradise, the Flood and the Fall of Man. Publications of the Babylonian Section vol.10 no.1.
It is a selection of myths and legends of Babylonia and Assyria that Spence found interesting or considered essential to a popular reader. He aims for this book to be "a popular account of the religion and mythology of ancient Babylonia and Assyria". [1] The book begins with an introduction chapter, which is also the longest chapter of the book.
The Babylonian Genesis (PDF) (2nd ed.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press. ISBN 0-226-32399-4. Jordan, Michael. (2014). Dictionary of Gods and Goddesses. New York: Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438109855. Leeming, David Adams. (2005). The Oxford Companion to World Mythology. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-515669-0.