Index.
Reading edition
Abraham, origin of word, 46;
birthplace of, 46;
campaign of, 47;
in Egypt, 50.
Accadian account of the Deluge, 27;
translation of, 29.
Accadian Olympos, 35.
Accadians, the, 20.
Achæmenian inscriptions, 10.
Adam, origin of word, 27.
Ahab, date of death of, 103.
Alphabet, origin of, 74.
Aram, 44.
Ararat, 35.
Arpad, fall of, 108.
Arphaxad, 43.
Asshur, or Assur, 43.
Assur-bani-pal, 131.
Assyrian king, the last, 132.
Assyrian prayers, 157.
Assyrian texts of inscriptions, 13.
Assyrians, rites of, 67.
Babel, Tower of, 37.
Babylon, description of, 138;
rebuilt by Esar-haddon, 129.
Babylonian empire, rise of, 135.
Babylonian gem, 25.
Babylonian king, the last, 151.
Babylonian libraries, 21.
Babylonian psalm, 159.
Babylonian Sabbath, 24.
Babylonians, rites of, 67.
Bel, prayer to, 68.
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Canaan, 41.
Carchemish, battle of, 138.
Chaldæan account of the Deluge, 27;
translation of, 29.
Chaldæans, meaning of the word, 21.
Chedor-laomer, campaign of, 47.
Cherub, origin of word, 26.
Chronological tables, 133, 161.
Circumcision, rite of, 66.
Creation, legend of the, 22;
translation of, 23.
Cuneiform inscriptions, decipherment of, 9;
Grotefend's guess, 10;
studies of Lassen and Rawlinson, 12;
discoveries of Layard, 14;
of Smith and Rassam, 15;
hieroglyphic origin of, 15.
Cush, 40.
Cyprus, names of, 40.
Cyrus, empire of, 141;
not a Persian, 143;
cylinder of, 146;
a polytheist, 149;
not King of Persia, 153;
language of, 156.
Damascus, capture of, 107;
overthrow of, 111.
Darius, 150.
Deluge, Accadian account of, 27.
Egypt during sojourn of Israelites, 58.
Egypt, the burden of, 130.
Egyptian traditions, 49.
Elam, 42.
Esar-haddon, 130.
Evil-Merodach, 141.
Exodus, the, time of, 60; stages of, 62.
Fall of man, Babylonian account of, 25.
Genesis, Book of, confirmations of, 19;
the creation, 22;
the Sabbath, 24;
the fall of man, 25;
the site of Paradise, 26;
the Deluge, 27;
monotheism of, 34;
site of Ararat, 35;
the Tower of Babel, 37;
dispersion of mankind, 38;
Abraham, 46;
Joseph, 51.
Gisdhubar, adventures of, 28.
Gomer, 39.
Goshen, land of, 56.
Grotefend, guess of, as to decipherment of inscriptions, 10.
Ham, 38.
Hamath, discovery of Hittite inscriptions at, 95.
Haran, site of, 46.
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Hazael, contest of, with Shalmaneser, 105.
Hebrew inscriptions, 82.
Hezekiah, illness of, 116;
deliverance of, 126;
library of, 127.
Hiddekhel, origin of word, 26.
Hittite inscriptions, discovery of, 95.
Hittites, empire of, discovery of, 92;
cities of, 94;
origin of, 96;
dress of, 97;
art of, 98.
Hyksos, the, 50.
Istar, descent of, into Hades, 152.
Japhet, 38.
Javan, 39.
Jehovah, origin of the word, 63.
Jerusalem, capture of, by Shishak, 100;
capture of, by Sargon, 117.
Jerusalem, underground, 91.
Joseph in Egypt, 51.
Josiah, 137.
Kadesh, 94.
Kirjath-sepher, 94.
Klein, Dr., discovers Moabite Stone, 76.
Lassen's studies of inscriptions, 12.
Lud, 44.
Madai, 39.
Media, 136.
Merodach, the god who raises the dead to life, 156.
Merodach-baladan, wars of, 116.
Mizraim, 40.
Moab, language of, 79.
Moabite Stone, the, discovery of 76;
translation of inscription, 77;
language of, 79;
forms of the letters, 82.
Months, names given to, 72.
Moses, origin of the word, 66.
Nabonidos, inscription concerning, 141.
Naville, M., discovery of, 62.
Nebuchadrezzar, 138;
wars of, 139;
inscription of, 140.
Nimrod, 44.
Nineveh, fall of, 132.
Nizir, land of, 35.
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Omri, tribute of, 105.
Palestine, early travels in, 59.
Paradise, site of, 26.
Pharaoh, origin of word, 51.
Pharaoh Necho, 136.
Phœnician ritual, 68.
Phut, 41.
Pishon, origin of word, 26.
Pithom, site of, 62.
Pool of Siloam, site of, 84;
recent discoveries at, 90.
Ramses, sites of, 60.
Rawlinson's studies of inscriptions, 12.
Rimmon, 104.
Rimmon-nirari, conquests of, 107.
Rowandiz, 35.
Sabbath, Babylonian, 24.
Samaria, capture of, 113;
re-settlement of, 114.
Sarah, origin of word, 46.
Sargon, wars of, 116;
capture of Jerusalem by, 117;
death of, 120.
Scythians, the, 131.
Sennacherib, wars of, 120;
inscription of, 120;
bas-relief of, 124;
at Lachish, 125;
defeat of, 126;
murder of, 127.
Shalmaneser II, campaigns of, 101;
inscription of, 102;
conquers Hazael, 105;
erects his own image, 105;
obelisk of, 106.
Shem, 38.
Shishak, capture of Jerusalem by, 100.
Siloam inscription, discovery of, 83;
site of, 84;
translation of, 87;
language of, 88;
date of, 88.
Sisuthros, adventures of, 28;
translation of legend concerning, 29;
meaning of the name, 36.
Sumirians, the, 20.
Tariff of Sacrifices, translation of, 69.
Tiglath-Pileser, campaigns of, 108;
death of, 112.
Two Brothers, Tale of the, 54.
Ur, site of, 46.