{"product_id":"babel-and-bible-two-lectures-delivered-before-the-members-of-the-deutsche-orient-gesellschaft-in-the-presence-of-the-german-emperor-paperback-9781108081610","title":"Babel and Bible; Two Lectures Delivered before the Members of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in the Presence of the German Emperor (Paperback \/ softback) 9781108081610","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBabel and Bible\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTwo Lectures Delivered before the Members of the Deutsche Orient-Gesellschaft in the Presence of the German Emperor\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe illustrated 1903 English edition of a controversial 1902 lecture and its sequel, tracing Old Testament narratives to Babylonian myths.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFriedrich Delitzsch (Author), C. H. W. Johns (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108081610, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 February 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 71 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 14 x 1.5 cm, 0.5 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSon of a Lutheran theologian, Friedrich Delitzsch (1850–1922) was a professor of Semitic languages and Assyriology at Leipzig, Breslau and Berlin. A founder of the German Oriental Society, he caused a furore far beyond the world of Ancient Near Eastern studies when, in January 1902, he gave a lecture 'upon the relations between the Bible and the recent results of cuneiform research' in the presence of the German emperor and his court. Delitzsch demonstrated for his non-specialist audience that (as many biblical archaeologists already knew) several Old Testament narratives, including the stories of the Creation and the Flood, were derived from earlier Babylonian myths. The Cambridge Assyriologist C. H. W. Johns, who translated and edited this illustrated 1903 English edition of the original lecture and its sequel, remarked that the book 'is now a historic event', with print runs of 40,000 copies. This edition also includes Delitzsch's responses to his critics.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Lecture 1\u003cbr\u003e Lecture 2.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005921612056,"sku":"9781108081610","price":23.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108081610i.jpg?v=1696751804","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/babel-and-bible-two-lectures-delivered-before-the-members-of-the-deutsche-orient-gesellschaft-in-the-presence-of-the-german-emperor-paperback-9781108081610","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}