Word: lyons
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Dates: during 1890-1890
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...Cuneiform Inscriptions and the Psalter. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...lecture yesterday Prof. Lyon showed the close relationship between the first eleven chapters in Genesis and similar narratives in the Babylonian-Assyrian literature. In some cases, as the Deluge, the cuneiform account is almost completely recovered; in others. owing to the terrible fate that befell Assyrian libraries, only small fragments have yet been found. The use to which the Hebrews put this material constitutes the great superiority in the Hebrew versions. The writer of Genesis replaced polytheism by monotheism. Some things he left out, and retained only echoes of other portions. Thus, we find in Genesis a serpent which...
...Harvard College will preside. Mr. James B. Reynolds, who has lately come from Berlin in the interest of the church, will give an account of the progress of the work in Berlin and in this country, and addresses are expected 1 from Rev. Dr. A. P. Peabody, Prof. Lyon and others. The meeting will be of a somewhat social character, and a cordial invitation to be present is extended to all interested...
...Cuneiform Inscriptions and Genesis. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...
...Cuneiform Inscriptions and Genesis. Illustrated lecture. Professor Lyon. Jefferson Physical Laboratory...