The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . Babylonian Idols. taking, a campaign, hunting party, building of ahouse, etc., was opened by an offering, and, whenfinished, thank-offerings were given. Human sac-rifices were not usual, though not unknown, butof the offering of children there is not any ex-ample or trace. In the cult of Islitar the sacredprostitution was of importance. The priests in-troduced the offerer to the god, lea
The popular and critical Bible encyclopædia and Scriptural dictionary, fully defining and explaining all religious terms, including biographical, geographical, historical, archaeological and doctrinal themes . Babylonian Idols. taking, a campaign, hunting party, building of ahouse, etc., was opened by an offering, and, whenfinished, thank-offerings were given. Human sac-rifices were not usual, though not unknown, butof the offering of children there is not any ex-ample or trace. In the cult of Islitar the sacredprostitution was of importance. The priests in-troduced the offerer to the god, leading him bythe hand, and after introducing him, the giftswere poured out or burned on the altar. Every day was dedicated to some particulargod, at least in later times, as is stated in longlists (hemerologies). The seventh, fourteenth,twenty-first, twenty-eighth, and also the nine-teenth of a month were Sabbaths, days of restfor the king, but not for the whole people. Our knowledge of the feasts is still very lim-ited. Best known is the feast Zagmuku, thefeast of the New-year, which began in the Babylon it was celebrated with great to human custom, the gods went tovisit M
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