The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia

The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia

Archibald Sayce, British Assyriologist and linguist (1846-1933)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Preface

- Part I. The Religion Of Ancient Egypt

- Lecture I. Introduction

- Lecture Ii. Egyptian Religion

- Lecture Iii. The Imperishable Part Of Man And The Other World

- Lecture Iv. The Sun-god And The Ennead

- Lecture V. Animal Worship

- Lecture Vi. The Gods Of Egypt

- Lecture Vii. Osiris And The Osirian Faith

- Lecture Viii. The Sacred Books

- Lecture Ix. The Popular Religion Of Egypt

- Lecture X. The Place Of Egyptian Religion In The History Of Theology

- Part Ii. The Religion Of The Babylonians

- Lecture I. Introductory

- Lecture Ii. Primitive Animism

- Lecture Iii. The Gods Of Babylonia

- Lecture Iv. The Sun-god And Istar

- Lecture V. Sumerian And Semitic Conceptions Of The Divine: Assur And Monotheism

- Lecture Vi. Cosmologies

- Lecture Vii. The Sacred Books

- Lecture Viii. The Myths And Epics

- Lecture Ix. The Ritual Of The Temple

- Lecture X. Astro-theology And The Moral Element In Babylonian Religion