Project Gutenberg 2023-09-04 Public domain in the USA. 230 Farnell, Lewis Richard 1856 1934 12015707 Greece and Babylon : $b A comparative sketch of Mesopotamian, Anatolian and Hellenic religions $aEdinburgh :$bT. & T. Clark, $c1911. Inaugural lecture -- Statement of the problem and the evidence -- Morphology of the compared religions -- Anthropomorphism and theriomorphism in Anatolia and the Mediterranean -- Predominance of the goddess -- The deities as nature-powers -- The deities as social-powers -- Religion and morality -- Purity a divine attribute -- Concept of divine power and ancient cosmogonies -- The religious temperament of the Eastern and Western peoples -- Eschatologic ideas of East and West -- Comparison of the ritual -- Summary of results. an anonymous Project Gutenberg volunteer "Greece and Babylon: A Comparative Sketch of Mesopotamian, Anatolian and Hellenic Religions" by Lewis R. Farnell is a scholarly historical account written in the early 20th century. This work delves into the religious systems of ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, and Anatolia, examining their similarities and differences in beliefs, rituals, and the evolution of deities. Farnell seeks to unpack the interconnections between these cultures, highlighting the complexities of their spiritual practices and the influence of one on another. The opening of the book serves as an inaugural lecture by Farnell as the first Wilde Lecturer in Natural and Comparative Religion, where he outlines his intended exploration of these ancient religions. He emphasizes the importance of establishing a methodological framework to investigate how Hellenic religion may have borrowed from or interacted with Mesopotamian and Anatolian beliefs. Farnell acknowledges the vastness of this subject, discusses the necessity of comparative study, and proposes a focus on specific elements like the nature of divinity, morality, and ritual practices across these cultures, setting the stage for a nuanced comparative analysis throughout the text. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.87827 20230830105732farnell 1911 GB Reading ease score: 55.0 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Mythology, Greek Greece -- Religion Assyro-Babylonian religion Mythology, Assyro-Babylonian BL Text Category: History - Ancient Category: Archaeology & Anthropology Category: Religion/Spirituality 768021 2025-06-28T09:40:51.885408 text/html 729100 2023-09-04T13:09:34 text/html 522185 2025-06-28T09:41:02.387392 application/epub+zip 531300 2025-06-28T09:40:53.847424 application/epub+zip 341946 2025-06-28T09:40:52.839464 application/epub+zip 768845 2025-06-28T09:41:08.366820 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 689969 2025-06-28T09:41:01.313365 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 612089 2025-06-28T09:40:50.527468 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 612118 2023-09-04T13:09:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18407 2025-06-28T09:41:08.512822 application/rdf+xml 18215 2025-06-28T09:40:53.034382 image/jpeg 2288 2025-06-28T09:40:52.937385 image/jpeg 504605 2023-09-04T13:09:34 application/octet-stream application/zip 508179 2025-06-28T09:40:51.939441 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia