Genesis and Semitic tradition . IZIiriiAK AND THE HULL. EABANI AND THE IZDUBAR AND THE LION. THE TOWER OF BABEL 147 the earth in consequence, are not distinguished as men of unusual size or strength. On the contrary a man ofillicit like Nimrod is as worthy of note after the flood asbefore it. And the same is true of the description ofthese men of early times which is given by the nativecuneiform documents. It is not yet so complete as theHebrew record, but so far as it goes its testimony is tothe same effect as the Hebrew. The race destroyed bythe flood, Tsitnapishtim and his companions
Genesis and Semitic tradition . IZIiriiAK AND THE HULL. EABANI AND THE IZDUBAR AND THE LION. THE TOWER OF BABEL 147 the earth in consequence, are not distinguished as men of unusual size or strength. On the contrary a man ofillicit like Nimrod is as worthy of note after the flood asbefore it. And the same is true of the description ofthese men of early times which is given by the nativecuneiform documents. It is not yet so complete as theHebrew record, but so far as it goes its testimony is tothe same effect as the Hebrew. The race destroyed bythe flood, Tsitnapishtim and his companions who weresaved, their descendants including even Izdubar, are notmentioned as though gigantic. Izdubar indeed has co-lossal proportions, many times larger than a lion, in thesculpture which adorned the walls of Sargons palace, andoccasionally A man who performed mightydeeds of valor and was perfect in strength, was, ofcourse, powerfully built and would naturally be repre-sented as large. But even Izdubar, the perfect instrength is commonly delineated no larger
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