NEW DISCOVERIES IN BABYLONIA ABOUT GENESIS

[Pages:132]NEW DISCOVERIES IN BABYLONIA ABOUT GENESIS

BY

AIR COMMODORE

P. J. WISEMAN, C.B.E.

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Written in Ur 800 years before the birth of Moses. The tablets containing the Ten Commandments

were probably the same size as this tablet 6 in by 4 in.

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NEW DISCOVERIES IN BABYLONIA ABOUT GENESIS

BY

AIR COMMODORE

P. J. WISEMAN, C.B.E.

MARSHALL, MORGAN & SCOTT, LTD. LONDON; EDINBURGH

Digitized by Dr Peter Bluer. PhD, BSc (Hons)

This book has as been lost to Christians and yet it is so vital to prove the historicity of Genesis as revealed

by archaeological evidence. Available for download in PDF at The original page numeration has been preserve so

that the index at the back of the book is still valid.

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Second 1937

Third

1939

Fourth

1946

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION

It is an encouraging sign that a second edition should be required within a few months. Advantage has been taken of this to add a few paragraphs, and where the evidence requires it, to strengthen others. I cannot lament, as some have, that critics ignore anything written on the conservative side. I have given their remarks careful consideration, but it is significant that in all criticisms I have seen, no attempt has been made to controvert the main lines of evidence put forward in support of the original sources from which Genesis was compiled. Indeed, the fundamental theme of the book--that regarding the use of the formula which constitutes the framework of Genesis--has been generally accepted. It is perhaps necessary to add that I have not attempted to discuss the general problems presented by Genesis or archaeology. I have limited the contribution of the latter to a very slight "archaeological background" and have confined my comments about Genesis to the literary problem of its origin. It is my hope that I have not misrepresented anything or omitted any relevant point of importance.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS

Frontispiece

FRAGMENT OF A REGISTER OF LANDS BY THE WATERS OF BABYLON TABLET WITH COLOPHON A CLAY DOCUMENT A LEGAL TABLET THE SCULPTURED ROCK AT BEHISTUN THE RUINS OF BABYLON

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