Today’s free book is Archibald H. Sayce’s 1887 Hibbert Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religions, as Illustrated by the Religion of the Babylonians. This public domain title was digitised using a copy from the library of Terence C. Mitchell. Archibald Henry Sayce [1846-1933], Lectures on the Origin and Growth of Religion as Illustrated…
Today’s free book is an examination of the Tell El Amarna Letters’ portrait of ancient Egypt and Syria by the “father of palestinian archaeology”, Sir Flinders Petrie. This public domain title was digitised from the copy held in Spurgeon’s College library. W.M. Flinders Petrie [1853-19W.M. Flinders Petrie [1853-1942], Syria and Egypt. From the Tell El…
Today’s free book is one of the classics of Biblical archaeology, The Chaldean Account of Genesis. Wikipedia notes of the author: In 1872, Smith achieved worldwide fame by his translation of the Chaldaean account of the Great Flood, which he read before the Society of Biblical Archaeology on 3 December and whose audience included the…
Professor Archibald Sayce’s Patriarchal Palestine applies the (then) recent archaeological discoveries in Babylonia and Assyria to illustrate the biblical accounts of Genesis. The frontispiece map is particularly helpful, so I have extracted this and made is available as a separate download at various resolutions. This title, kindly provided by Book Aid, is in the public…
