# The Chaldean account of Genesis

Author: Smith, George, 1840-1876; Sayce, A. H. (Archibald Henry), 1845-1933 [Editor]

Genre: Category: Mythology, Legends & Folklore

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/60559

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=The+Chaldean+account+of+Genesis+Smith&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

Cosmogony of Berosus.—Discovery of Cuneiform Inscriptions.—Historical Texts.—Babylonian origin of Assyrian literature.—Mythological tablets.—Discovery of Deluge texts.—Mutilated condition of tablets.—Lecture on Deluge tablets.—“Daily Telegraph” offer.—Expedition to Assyria.—Fragments of Creation tablets.—Solar Myth.—Second journey to Assyria.—Tower of Babel.—Clay records.—List of texts.—Legend of Oannes.—List of early legends and their authors page 1

## Chapters

- [CHAPTER V.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/22/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/35/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/36/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/32/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/23/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/19/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/33/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/27/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/28/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/20/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/25/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/26/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/18/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/30/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/21/index.md)
- [part 2, p. 243, and vol. iii. part 1, p. 136, identifies Nimrod with](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/29/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/24/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/31/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVII.—CONCLUSION.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/17/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XVI.—THE STORY OF THE FLOOD AND CONCLUSION.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/16/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IX.—BABYLONIAN FABLES.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/9/index.md)
- [CHAPTER II.—BABYLONIAN AND ASSYRIAN LITERATURE.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/2/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VIII.—THE EXPLOITS OF DIBBARA.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/8/index.md)
- [CHAPTER III.—CHALDEAN LEGENDS TRANSMITTED THROUGH](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/3/index.md)
- [CHAPTER I.—THE DISCOVERY OF THE GENESIS](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/1/index.md)
- [CHAPTER V.—BABYLONIAN LEGEND OF THE CREATION.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/5/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XI.—THE IZDUBAR LEGENDS.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/11/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIV.—THE ADVENTURES OF ISTAR.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/14/index.md)
- [CHAPTER X.—FRAGMENTS OF MISCELLANEOUS TEXTS.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/10/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VI.—OTHER BABYLONIAN ACCOUNTS OF THE CREATION.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/6/index.md)
- [CHAPTER IV.—BABYLONIAN MYTHOLOGY.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/4/index.md)
- [CHAPTER VII.—THE SIN OF THE GOD ZU.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/7/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XII.—MEETING OF HEA-BANI AND IZDUBAR.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/12/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XV.—ILLNESS AND WANDERINGS OF IZDUBAR.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/15/index.md)
- [CHAPTER XIII.—DESTRUCTION OF THE TYRANT KHUMBABA.](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/13/index.md)
- [x. 23; on the sixth column the fragments appear to refer to some bird](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/the-chaldean-account-of-genesis-60559/chapters/34/index.md)