The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel (1908) (14595832560)

Identifier: religionofbabyl00roge (find matches)
Title: The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel
Year: 1908 (1900s)
Authors: Rogers, Robert William, 1864-
Subjects: Judaism
Publisher: New York, Eaton
Contributing Library: Robarts - University of Toronto
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto



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Reverse FIGURE VIII.—THE FOURTH TABLET OF CREATION British Museum, No. 93,016 THE COSiMOLOGIES 121 10 None among the gods shall transgress thy limits.Abundance is the desire of the shrines of the gods,In their place shall thy sanctuary be established.O Marduk, thou art our avenger.We give thee lordship over the whole world.15 Thou shalt take thy seat in the assembly, thy wordshall be exalted.Thy weapon shall not lose its power, it shall break in pieces thy foe.O lord, spare the life of him that trusteth in thee.But, as for the god, who undertook evil, pour out hislife. And now a curiously interesting test of Mar-duks power is proposed, accepted, and success-fully carried out. He is to make a garmentdisappear and then reappear. It makes onethink, superficially, of Gideons test with thefleece.1 But here is the description that thepoem gives: Then they placed among them a garment,20 And unto Marduk, their firstborn, they spoke: Thy destiny, O lord, is supreme among the gods, To destroy