The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and BabyloniaChapter IX · The Nations With Whom The Israelites Came Into Contact.Reading editionChapter navigation50 reading sectionsGo to chapterChoose a chapter…Front matterIntroductory materialForewordChapter I · The Early Traditions Of The Creation.Sidelights:—Merodach.The God Aa, Ae, Or Ea.Anšar And Kišar (pp. 16, 17, 20, etc.).Tiamat.Chapter II · The History, As Given In The Bible, From The Creation To The Flood.Adam.Chapter III · The Flood.The Eleventh Tablet Of The Gilgameš Series, Containing The Story Of The Flood.Appendix. The Second Version Of The Flood-Story.Chapter IV · Assyria, Babylonia, And The Hebrews, With Reference To The So-Called Genealogical Table.The Tower Of Babel.The Patriarchs To Abraham.Chapter V · Babylonia At The Time Of Abraham.The Religious Element.The King.The People.“Year of Šamaš and Rimmon.”Chapter VI · Abraham.Salem.Chapter VII · Isaac, Jacob, And Joseph.Chapter VIII · The Tel-El-Amarna Tablets And The Exodus.Chapter IX · The Nations With Whom The Israelites Came Into Contact.Amorites.Hittites.Jebusites.Girgashites.Moabites.Chapter X · Contact Of The Hebrews With The Assyrians.Sennacherib.Esarhaddon.Aššur-Banî-Âpli.Chapter XI · Contact Of The Hebrews With The Later Babylonians.Chapter XII · Life At Babylon During The Captivity, With Some Reference To The Jews.I.II.Chapter XIII · The Decline Of Babylon.Appendix. The Stele Inscribed With The Laws Of Ḫammurabi.The Laws Of Ḫammurabi.The Laws Of Ḫammurabi. (continued 2)The Hittites.The Ḫabiri.A Letter Apparently From Prince Belshazzar (see pp. 446-451).The Aramaic Papyri From Elephantine.Notes And Additions.Index.FootnotesPrevious chapter ←Chapter VIII · The Tel-El-Amarna Tablets And The Exodus.Next chapter →Amorites.All chapters and sections (50)Opening pagesFront matterIntroductory materialOther sectionsForewordChapters1Other sectionsSidelights:—Merodach.The God Aa, Ae, Or Ea.Anšar And Kišar (pp. 16, 17, 20, etc.).Tiamat.Chapters2Other sectionsAdam.Chapters3Other sectionsThe Eleventh Tablet Of The Gilgameš Series, Containing The Story Of The Flood.Appendix. The Second Version Of The Flood-Story.Chapters4Other sectionsThe Tower Of Babel.The Patriarchs To Abraham.Chapters5Other sectionsThe Religious Element.The King.The People.“Year of Šamaš and Rimmon.”Chapters6Other sectionsSalem.Chapters789Other sectionsAmorites.Hittites.Jebusites.Girgashites.Moabites.Chapters10Other sectionsSennacherib.Esarhaddon.Aššur-Banî-Âpli.Chapters11121213Other sectionsAppendix. The Stele Inscribed With The Laws Of Ḫammurabi.The Laws Of Ḫammurabi.The Laws Of Ḫammurabi. (continued 2)The Hittites.The Ḫabiri.A Letter Apparently From Prince Belshazzar (see pp. 446-451).The Aramaic Papyri From Elephantine.Notes And Additions.Index.FootnotesThe Amorites—The Hittites—The Jebusites—The Girgashites—Moab.◇← Chapter VIII. The Tel-El-Amarna Tablets And The Exodus.Amorites. →