Beliefs, Legends, Ethics, and Special Phrases of the Religion.
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Jastrow, Morris
Ader, Cyrus.—The Views of the Babylonians Concerning Life after Death. AR, 1888, 92-101; see also PAOS, Oct. 1887, ccxxxviii.-ccxliii.
Ball, C. J.—Glimpses of Babylonian Religion. I. Human Sacrifices. II. The Gods and Their Images. PSBA XIV. 149-162.
Bonavia, E.—The Sacred Trees of the Assyrian Monuments. BOR III. 7-12, 35-40, 56-61; see also IV. 95, 96.
---- The Sacred Trees of Assyria. 9th ICO, pp. 245-257.
[Arguments not conclusive.]
Boscawen, W. St. Chad.—Notes on the Religion and Mythology of the Assyrians. TSBA IV. 267-301.
---- Texts Bearing on the Belief in Immortality. (1) 12th Izdubar Tablet. (2) Descent of Ishtar. (3) 7th Izdubar Tablet. (4) Hymn to Marduk. BOR IV. 251-254.
---- Babylonian Witchcraft. ET, 1898, 228-230.
---- Notes on Assyrian Religion and Mythology. TSBA VI. 535-542.
[Translations of some religious texts. General remarks.]
---- Babylonian Teraphim. BOR I. 39, 40.
---- The Babylonian Legend of the Serpent Tempter. BOR IV. 251-255.
---- Oriental Eschatology (Egypt and Chaldaea). BOR VI. 38-42.
---- The Plague Legends of Chaldaea. BOR I. 11-14.
Clermont-Ganneau.—L'Enfer Assyrien. RAr, 2d Series, XXXVIII. 337-349.
Craig, James A.—The Babylonian Ishtar Epic. OTS VIII. 249-256.
Goessling, E.—Die Hölle nach Babylonisch-Assyrischer Anschauung. TZ, 1895, No. 3.
Halévy, J.—L'Immortalité de l'Âme chez les Peuples Semitiques. RAr, 2d Series, XLIV. 44-53.
[Translation and discussion of Ishtar's descent into the nether world.]
Halévy, J.—Le Rapt de Perséphoné ou Proserpine par Pluton chez les Babyloniens. RS I. 372-376.
Haug, M.—Die Unsterblichkeit der Seele bei den Chaldäern. BAZ, 1875, Nos. 70, 71.
Heuzey, L.—Mythes Chaldéens. RA, 3d Series, XXVI. 295-308.
Hilprecht, H. V.—Serpent and Tree in Babylonian Records. SST, 1893, No. 52.
Hincks, Edward.—On the Assyrian Mythology. RIA Memoirs, 1854, 405-422.
Hommel, F.—Hexenverbrennungen im alten Babylonien. Münchener Neueste Nachrichten, 1896, No. 415.
Jastrow, Morris, Jr.—The Ethics of the Babylonians and Assyrians. ER. III. 65-77.
---- The Babylonian Term Shu'âlu. AJSL XIV. 165-170.
Jensen, Peter.—The Queen in the Babylonian Hades and Her Consort. SST, 1897, Nos. 11, 12.
---- The Supposed Babylonian Origin of the Week and the Sabbath. SST, 1892, No. 3.
Jeremias, A.—Die Babylonisch-Assyrischen Vorstellungen vom Leben nach dem Tode. (Leipzig 1897.)
---- Articles 'Arallu' and 'Etana.'
[Announced to appear in the supplement to Roscher's 'Ausführliches Lexikon der Griechischen und Römischen Mythologie.']
Kiesewetter, Carl.—Der Occultismus des Alterthums. (Leipzig 1896.) Book I. 364 seq., 'Der Occultismus bei den Akkadern, Babyloniern, Chaldäern und Assyriern.'
[Based largely upon Lenormant's 'Chaldaean Magic.']
Laurent, A.—La Magie et la Divination chez les Chaldéo-Assyriens. (Paris 1894.)
Lenormant, F.—La Legende de Semiramis. (Paris 1872.)
[A transformed Ishtar legend.]
Oppert, J.—L'Immortalité de l'Âme chez les Chaldéens. (Paris 1875.)
[Translation of Ishtar's descent into the nether world.]
Pinches, T. G.—The Messianic Idea among the Early Babylonians and Assyrians. Academy, 1887, Nos. 816, 818, 820.