Tobit and the Babylonian Apocryphal Writings

by A. H. Sayce

Publishers:

J. M. Dent & Company; J. B. Lippincott Company

, 1903

Overview

In Tobit and the Babylonian Apocryphal Writings, A. H. Sayce provides notes and the English translations for the Books of Tobit, Judith, Song of the Three Holy Children, Story of Susanna, Bel and the Dragon, and the Prayer of Manasses. In the introduction, he covers topics such as the Babylonian love for ceremonial law, the prophets, the belief in magic, the Haggadah and historical novel, the uses of the Haggadah, and more.

Product Details

• Title: Tobit and the Babylonian Apocryphal Writings
• Author: A. H. Sayce
• Series: The Temple Bible
• Publishers: J. M. Dent & Company, J. B. Lippincott Company
• Print Publication Date: 1903
• Logos Release Date: 2013
• Era: era:modern
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Bible. O.T. Apocrypha
• Resource ID: LLS:DCTOBITSAYCE
• Resource Type: Bible
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-03-25T19:34:25Z

About A. H. Sayce

A. H. Sayce (1846–1933) was educated at Queen’s College in Oxford before becoming a professor of philogy at the University of Oxford. Sayce later went on to become the chair of Assyriology. A. H. Sayce is notable for his many works on Assyriology including An Assyrian Grammar, Lectures upon the Assyrian Language, Assyria: Its Princes, Priests, and People, and Social Life Among the Assyrians and Babylonians.