Israel and Babylon
Subtitle: the Babylonian influence on Israelite religion
By: Hermann Gunkel; edited by K. C. Hanson
Contributors: Hanson, K. C. (Kenneth C.)
Publisher: James Clarke
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [Cambridge, Eng.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9780227173671
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Origin; Judaism; Relation to the Old Testament; Hebrew and Assyro-Babylonian; Assyro-Babylonian literature; Religion; Assyro-Babylonian religion; Comparative literature; History
Description: Examines Friedrich Delitzsch's 1902 controversial lecture titled "Babel and Bible", which theorized  that many Old Testament writings had originated in ancient Babylonian tales.
Notes: Originally published: Philadelphia, J. J. McVey, 1904.

Includes bibliographic references and index.
Table of contents: title: Delitzsch, Babylon and the Bible; title: The broad reach of Babylonian civilization; title: Babylonian influences and Delitzsch's misinterpretations; title: Babylonian influences on Israelite culture; title: Babylonian influences on Israelite religion; title: Revelation in Israel.