The Sacred Books of Chaldea
Автор:
A. Sayce, 58 стр., издатель:
"Книга по Требованию", ISBN:
9781607241775
This fifth extract from Sayce's Origin and Growth of Religion, the topic turns to the "sacred books" of the Babylonians. Beginning with the "Chaldean Rig-Veda," collections of hymns identified from the earliest days of Assyriology, Sayce also considers the earlier, less developed magical texts. Future considerations - sin, the status of heaven and Hades, and cosmology finish out the essay.