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Libra Esoterica

The religion of Babylonia and Assyria

by Morris Jastrow Jr & Morris Jastrow

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Language: English
  • Content type: Primary source
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Book digitized by Google from the library of Harvard University and uploaded to the Internet Archive by user tpb. xii pages, 780 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : 22 cm Includes bibliographical references (pages 703-738) and index The land and the people -- General traits of the old Babylonian pantheon -- Babylonian gods prior to the days of Hammurabi -- The consorts of the gods -- Gudea's pantheon -- Summary -- The pantheon in the days of Hammurabi -- Survivals of animism in the Babylonian religion -- The Assyrian pantheon -- The triad and the combined invocation of deities -- The neo-Babylonian period -- The religious literature of Babylonia -- The magical texts -- The prayers and hymns -- Penitential psalms -- Oracles and omens -- Various classes of omens -- The cosmology of the Babylonians -- The zodiacal system of the Babylonians -- The Gilgamesh epic -- Myths and legends -- The views of life after death -- The temples and the cult commitment to retain 20151208

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences, Ancient religions, animism, and ritual, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, and Prophecy, oracles, and revelation.

  • Afterlife, reincarnation, and near-death experiences

    Retained metadata contains “Life after death” in the description.

    • “Life after death”· in description
  • Prophecy, oracles, and revelation

    Retained metadata contains “Oracles” in the description.

    • “Oracles”· in description
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Retained metadata contains “Legends” in the description and “Mythology” in the subject metadata.

    • “Legends”· in description
    • “Mythology”· in subject
  • Ancient religions, animism, and ritual

    Controlled discovery queries from internet-archive and openlibrary-historical matched “Cults” and “Gods”. Retained metadata contains “Animism” in the description, “deities” in the description, “Gods” in the description, and 2 additional metadata match(es).

    • “Cults”· via Internet Archive
    • “Gods”· via Internet Archive
    • “Cults”· via Open Library
    • “Animism”· in description
    • “deities”· in description
    • “Gods”· in description

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Editions

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Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1898-01-01T00:00:00ZBoston : Ginn & Co.; Boston : Ginn & Company; Boston, Ginn & CompanyEnglish—Public digitized item

Internet Archive unrestricted pre-1900 PDF scan

1898Boston : Ginn; GinnEnglish—Public

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Cataloging notes

  • Contributing institution: Cornell University Library
  • Contributing institution: Harvard University
  • Contributing institution: Internet Archive
  • Contributing institution: Kelly - University of Toronto
  • Contributing institution: Phillips Academy, Oliver Wendell Holmes Library
  • Contributing institution: Princeton Theological Seminary Library
  • Contributing institution: Robarts - University of Toronto
  • Digitization sponsor: Google
  • Digitization sponsor: MSN
  • Discovery required Internet Archive search metadata to report a PDF format; the exact direct-file URL is added only after the item's file listing confirms an unrestricted PDF filename.
  • Open Library reports 6 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Scanner: google
  • Scanner: ias4
  • Scanner: Kirtas APT 2400
  • Scanner: scribe2.nj.archive.org
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  • Scanner: uoft6
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