The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 417 This is an age to which I shall have to refer again in my next and concluding lecture. ...

418 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia kigallu, or platform, of the original temple, the sides, and not the corners of ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 419 the sea. When theziggurattook its final shape, the deities of [456] Babylonia had alre ...

420 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia where the sun rises from the deep,^352 and Asari accordingly was entitled its“s ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 421 the houses of the priests and other ministers of the temple, the library and school, s ...

422 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia tower that the layman was absolutely excluded. The Babylonian temple, it will b ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 423 size. Its sides were frequently inlaid with gems and gold, and it always bore a specia ...

424 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia delegated his powers to him, and allowed him to exercise them on earth. It was ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 425 or“pourers of libations,”and thepasisior“anointers with oil.” There was even a special ...

426 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia Babylonianasipor“prophet”was not an astrologer; he left to others the interpret ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 427 protection of Istar,“a seer slept and dreamed a prophetic dream; a vision of the night ...

428 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia and persecuted as among the Israelites. Hence, while the prophet was a priest t ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 429 is driven into the desert like the Hebrew Azazel, carrying away with it the sins and s ...

430 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia any other meaning to this than that which makes it refer to the sacrifice of ch ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 431 require that the worshipper should enter their presence naked and defenceless. But the ...

432 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia various kinds of offering that were presented to the gods. The animal sacrifice ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 433 a question whether the word is not a derivative from the verb ahâru,“to send”or“direct ...

434 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia between the religious law of Babylonia and that of the Israelites. They may be ...

Lecture IX. The Ritual Of The Temple. 435 Besides the festivals of the spring and autumn, there was yet a third festival belongi ...

436 The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia others. Many of these occurred at fixed times of the year, and commemorated the ...