Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition

Professor Leonard William King (1869-1919) was the author of Legends of Babylon and Egypt in Relation to Hebrew Tradition (1918), Annals of the Kings of Assyria (1902) (with E. A. Wallis Budge) and History of Egypt, Chaldea, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria in the Light of Recent Discovery (1906) (with H. R. Hall). “In these lectures an attempt is made, not so much to restate familiar facts, as to accommodate them to new and supplementary evidence which has been published in America since the outbreak of the war. But even without the excuse of recent discovery, no apology would be needed for any comparison or contrast of Hebrew tradition with the mythological and legendary beliefs of Babylon and Egypt. Hebrew achievements in the sphere of religion and ethics are only thrown into stronger relief when studied against their contemporary background.”