General Works and Articles on the Religion of Babylonia and Assyria.
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Jastrow, Morris
Berger, P.—'Assyrie' in Lichtenberger's 'Encyclopédie des Sciences Religieuses.'
Boscawen, W. St. Chad.—Lectures on the Religion of Babylonia [abstract] BOR III. 118-120, 150-163.
---- The Religion of Babylonia in 'Religious Systems of the World.' (Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1896. pp. 15-25.)
Delitzsch, Friedrich.—The Religion of the Kassites. H 1885. 189-191.
[From Delitzsch's 'Sprache der Kossaer.' Leipzig 1884. pp. 51-54.]
Eerdmans, B. D.—Babylonian-Assyrian Religion.
[In 'Progress,' a publication issued by the University Association, Chicago, Ill. 3d series, No. 6 (1897), pp. 403-415.]
Finzi, Felice.—Ricerche per lo Studio dell' Antichita Assira. (Rome 1872.) Libro Secondo. Mitologia, pp. 433-554.
[General sketch of the religion, more particularly of the pantheon and legends of Babylonia and Assyria.]
Guyard, S.—Bulletin de la Religion Assyro-Babylonienne. RHR I. 327-345; V. 253-278.
Halévy, Joseph.—La Religion des Anciens Babyloniens et son plus recent historien M. Sayce. RHR XVII. 169-218.
[Elaborate review of Sayce's work on the 'Religion of the Babylonians,' with summary of Halévy's own views.]
Heuzey, Leon.—Description of Monuments in De Sarzec's 'Découvertes en Chaldée.' (Paris 1889-1891.) pp. 77-240.
[Contains much valuable information on religious art, votive objects, representations of religious ceremonies. The publication is not yet complete.]
Hewitt, J. F.—Early History of Northern India, Part III. JRAS, 1889, 527-583.
[An attempt to trace the origin of Indian civilization to emigrants from southern Babylonia. The investigation has little value.]
Hincks, Edward.—On the Assyrian Mythology. RIA Transactions XXII. Polite Literature, 1854, 405-422.
Hommel, F.—Die Semitischen Völker und Sprachen. (Leipzig 1883.) pp. 356-396. Die Religion der alten Babylonier, pp. 266-356. Sprache und Literatur der Sumero-Akkadier.
[Specimens of hymns and incantations.]
Jeremias, Friedrich.—'Die Babylonier und Assyrier' in Chantepie de la Saussaye's 'Lehrbuch der Religionsgeschichte.' (2d ed. Freiburg 1897.) I. 163-221.
[An excellent sketch of the Babylonian-Assyrian religion.]
Lenormant, François.—Les Sciences Occultes en Asie. I. La Magie chez les Chaldéens et les Origines Accadiennes. II. La Divination et la Science des Présages chez les Chaldéens. (Paris 1874-1875.)
[Also in English translation (in part) under the title 'Chaldaean Magic.' London 1877.]
Loisy, A.—Études sur la Religion Chaldéo-Assyrienne. (RR, 1890-1892.)
[Seven articles.]
Meyer, Ed.—Geschichte des Alterthums. I. 174-183. (Stuttgart 1884.)
Mürdter und Delitzsch.—Kurzgefasste Geschichte Babyloniens und Assyriens. (2d ed. Stuttgart 1891.) pp. 23-53.
Oppert, J.—'Babylone et Chaldée' in Lichtenberger's 'Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses.'
Pinches, T. G.—The Religious Ideas of the Babylonians. JTVI XXVIII. 1-22.
Pressensè, E. de.—La Religion Chaldéo-Assyrienne. RHR XIV. 73-94.
Rawlinson, George.—The Religions of the Ancient World. (New York 1883.)
[Chapter II.—The Religion of the Assyrians and Babylonians.]
---- The Religion of Assyria in 'Religious Systems of the World.' (Swan Sonnenschein & Co. London 1896.) pp. 26-41.
Rawlinson, H. C.—The Religion of the Babylonians and Assyrians.
[In George Rawlinson's 'The History of Herodotus.' London 1859. Vol. I. Essay X.]
Sayce, A. H.—The Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated by the Religion of the Ancient Babylonians. (London 1887.)
[Brilliant and suggestive, but unreliable in details. The translations attached to the volume are to be accepted with caution. See Halévy's elaborate review, RHR XVII. 169-218.]
Strong, S. A.—Die Religion der Babylonier.
[Announced to appear.]
Schwally, F.—'Die Religion der Babylonier und Assyrier,' in Friedrich von Hellwald's 'Kulturgeschichte in ihrer natürlichen Entwicklung bis zur Gegenwart.' (4th ed. Leipzig 1896.) I. 423-433.