The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . been much broken in the crash oftime. It was copied from older tablets, and,like most of the best mythological literature,goes back to the earliest dynasty of Babylon. The first tablet introduces Gilgames as thegreat hero with a number of mighty deeds to 1 The original text of the Gilgames Epic is published in Haupt, DasBabylonische Nimrod-Epos. Compare also Beitrdge zur Assyriologie, i,49ff., 97ff. See also IV R., 2d edition, 41-44. Jeremias, Izdubar-Nimrod,eine altbabylonische Beschworungslegende. Leipzig, 1891. Sa
The religion of Babylonia and Assyria especially in its relations to Israel . been much broken in the crash oftime. It was copied from older tablets, and,like most of the best mythological literature,goes back to the earliest dynasty of Babylon. The first tablet introduces Gilgames as thegreat hero with a number of mighty deeds to 1 The original text of the Gilgames Epic is published in Haupt, DasBabylonische Nimrod-Epos. Compare also Beitrdge zur Assyriologie, i,49ff., 97ff. See also IV R., 2d edition, 41-44. Jeremias, Izdubar-Nimrod,eine altbabylonische Beschworungslegende. Leipzig, 1891. Sauveplane,Une Epopee babylonienne, in Revue des Religions, 1892, pp. 37ff. Jensen,Keilinschriftliche Bibliothek, vi, 1, pp. 116ff. and 421ff. Dhorme, Choixde Textes Religieux Assyro-Babylonienne, pp. 182ff. On the eleventhtablet the literature is extensive; I mention here only the following,from which the rest of the literature may be sought out: Zimmern inGunkel, Schopfung und Chaos, pp. 423ff.; Winckler, KeilinschriftlichesTextbuch zum Alien Testament, 2te Auf., pp. FIGURE XVI. THE DESCENT OF ISHTAR TO HADES Reverse THE MYTHS AND EPICS 195 his honor. In Uruk he is the ruler, and im-presses all the young men into the hard laborof building the city walls. The whole citycomplains, and their cries rise even unto theheavenly gods, against their unpopular besought the goddess Aruru, who hadcreated Gilgames, to create a rival for him,that he might draw the attention of the tyrantto other things. Column II: When Aruru heard this, she made in her heart a man after the likeness of washed her hands, took a piece of clay, and cast it on the Eabani she created, the hero, a lofty offspring, a ruler of whole body is covered with hair; he had long hair on his head like a woman. The hair of his head swept like the grain. He knew not people and land. He was dressed in garments like Gir. With the gazelles he ate the herbs,40 He quenched his thirst w
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