A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . lonians. And theeasternmost star of our constellation of the Fishes (a ^ With regard to its application to the Hebrew narratives, the ChurchQuarterly reviewer of Dr. Jeremias work (see above, p. 304, n. 1) pointsout the resemblance between this procedure and Philos method of inter-pretation. - In 1870 the same plan was adopted to discredit Professor Max Miillerstheory of the Solar Myth. The demonstration, though humorous (since itssubject was the professor himself), constituted a legitimate form of criticism,and


A history of Babylon from the foundation of the monarchy to the Persian conquest . lonians. And theeasternmost star of our constellation of the Fishes (a ^ With regard to its application to the Hebrew narratives, the ChurchQuarterly reviewer of Dr. Jeremias work (see above, p. 304, n. 1) pointsout the resemblance between this procedure and Philos method of inter-pretation. - In 1870 the same plan was adopted to discredit Professor Max Miillerstheory of the Solar Myth. The demonstration, though humorous (since itssubject was the professor himself), constituted a legitimate form of criticism,and it has been borrowed by Dr. Kugler, the Dutch astronomer, and appliedto the astral theory. For the astral theory is in essence the old Solar Mythrevived and grafted on to a Babylonian stem. In his book Im BannkreisBabels (1910), Dr. Kugler selects at random the historical figure of Louis France, and has no difficulty in demonstrating by astral methods that theextant records of his life and reign are full of solar and astral motifs. ^ (f. Kugler, 0/1. cit. ^^o ??^v ? r^ •K-t? Mm H


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