Nikel, Johannes.--Herodot und die Keilschriftforschung. (Paderborn 1896.)

Peiser, F. E.--Skizze der Babylonischen Gesellschaft. (Berlin 1896.)

[Brief but capital sketch of Babylonian culture and social life.]

(_d_) _Bibliography._

Bezold, C.--Kurzgefa.s.ster Ueberblick uber die Babylonisch-a.s.syrische Literatur. (Leipzig 1886.)

[A new edition is needed of this most valuable work.]

Delitzsch, Friedrich.--'Litteratura' in the appendix to his 'a.s.syrian Grammar.' (London 1889.) pp. 55-78.

Kaulen, Fr.--a.s.syrien und Babylonien (as above), pp. 248-266.

Lincke, A.--Bericht uber die Fortschritte der a.s.syriologie in den Jahren 1886-1893. (Leipzig 1894.)

Full bibliographical reports are given in:

(1) The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures (University of Chicago; quarterly).

(2) Jahrbucher fur Geschichte, ed. by I. Jastrow and E. Berner (Berlin; annual).

(3) Orientalische Bibliographie, ed. by Lucian Scherman (Berlin; semi-annual).

(4) Zeitschrift fur a.s.syriologie, ed. by C. Bezold (Munich; quarterly).

(5) Revue d'a.s.syriologie et d'Archeologie Orientale, ed. by J. Oppert and E. Ledrain (Paris; published at irregular intervals).

II.

General Works and Articles on the Religion of Babylonia and a.s.syria.

Berger, P.--'a.s.syrie' in Lichtenberger's 'Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses.'

Boscawen, W. St. Chad.--Lectures on the Religion of Babylonia [abstract]

BOR III. 118-120, 150-163.

---- The Religion of Babylonia in 'Religious Systems of the World.'

(Swan Sonnenschein & Co. 1896. pp. 15-25.)

Delitzsch, Friedrich.--The Religion of the Ka.s.sites. H 1885. 189-191.

[From Delitzsch's 'Sprache der Kossaer.' Leipzig 1884. pp.

51-54.]

Eerdmans, B. D.--Babylonian-a.s.syrian Religion.

[In 'Progress,' a publication issued by the University a.s.sociation, Chicago, Ill. 3d series, No. 6 (1897), pp.

403-415.]

Finzi, Felice.--Ricerche per lo Studio dell' Antichita a.s.sira. (Rome 1872.) Libro Secondo. Mitologia, pp. 433-554.

[General sketch of the religion, more particularly of the pantheon and legends of Babylonia and a.s.syria.]

Guyard, S.--Bulletin de la Religion a.s.syro-Babylonienne. RHR I. 327-345; V. 253-278.

Halevy, Joseph.--La Religion des Anciens Babyloniens et son plus recent historien M. Sayce. RHR XVII. 169-218.

[Elaborate review of Sayce's work on the 'Religion of the Babylonians,' with summary of Halevy's own views.]

Heuzey, Leon.--Description of Monuments in De Sarzec's 'Decouvertes en Chaldee.' (Paris 1889-1891.) pp. 77-240.

[Contains much valuable information on religious art, votive objects, representations of religious ceremonies. The publication is not yet complete.]

Hewitt, J. F.--Early History of Northern India, Part III. JRAS, 1889, 527-583.

[An attempt to trace the origin of Indian civilization to emigrants from southern Babylonia. The investigation has little value.]

Hincks, Edward.--On the a.s.syrian Mythology. RIA Transactions XXII.

Polite Literature, 1854, 405-422.

Hommel, F.--Die Semitischen Volker und Sprachen. (Leipzig 1883.) pp.

356-396. Die Religion der alten Babylonier, pp. 266-356. Sprache und Literatur der Sumero-Akkadier.

[Specimens of hymns and incantations.]

Jeremias, Friedrich.--'Die Babylonier und a.s.syrier' in Chantepie de la Saussaye's 'Lehrbuch der Religionsgeschichte.' (2d ed. Freiburg 1897.) I. 163-221.

[An excellent sketch of the Babylonian-a.s.syrian religion.]

Lenormant, Francois.--Les Sciences Occultes en Asie. I. La Magie chez les Chaldeens et les Origines Accadiennes. II. La Divination et la Science des Presages chez les Chaldeens. (Paris 1874-1875.)

[Also in English translation (in part) under the t.i.tle 'Chaldaean Magic.' London 1877.]

Loisy, A.--etudes sur la Religion Chaldeo-a.s.syrienne. (RR, 1890-1892.)

[Seven articles.]

Meyer, Ed.--Geschichte des Alterthums. I. 174-183. (Stuttgart 1884.)

Murdter und Delitzsch.--Kurzgefa.s.ste Geschichte Babyloniens und a.s.syriens. (2d ed. Stuttgart 1891.) pp. 23-53.

Oppert, J.--'Babylone et Chaldee' in Lichtenberger's 'Encyclopedie des Sciences Religieuses.'