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."