Plate Ii : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE II {facing page 64} Baked clay cylinder inscribed with an account of the capture of Babylon by CYRUS (" KU-RA-ash) King of Persia, 538 B.C. He restored to their original shrines throughout the country the images...
Page 5 : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Return to text A page of the Ethiopic text of the "Book of Enoch" (British Museum MS. Orient. No. 485, Fol. 83"b") containing a description of one of Enoch's visits to heaven, and how the archangel Michael took him by the hand and showed him the mysteries of heaven...
Page 283 : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Return to text INTERIOR OF A PRIVATE HOUSE of a citizen of "Ur of the Chaldees" at the time of Abraham. The walls were built of clay bricks, and the floor of the courtyard was paved with flat tile-like bricks. The gallery and its roofs were supported on wooden...
Plate Iv : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE IV {facing page 96} Inscribed cone of Ur-Nammu which was inserted in the vertical joint of one of his buildings. ("See" page 276.) An arched doorway in the north-east wall of the sanctuary of E-Dublal-mah. Of the time...
The Fifth Thousand Years : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 168 [THE FIFTH THOUSAND YEARS. FROM THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF EHUD'S LIFE TO THE SECOND YEAR OF THE REIGN OF CYRUS.] Nbhn (Jabin), who was dried up in body, ruled twenty years. Deborah and Barak [ruled them] forty years. The children [Fol. 30"b", col...
Frontespiece : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Title Page Next Plate "Frontespiece" Sumerian relief in copper on wood representing IMDUGUD, or IMGIG, the lion-headed eagle of Ningirsu, the great god of Lagash, grasping two stags by their tails. It is probable that it was originally placed over...
Testamentum Adami : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 242 TESTAMENTUM ADAMI. [The Ethiopic text and an Arabic version was published by Bezold in Nldeke's "Festschrift", Gieszen, 1906. See also Brit. Mus. Add. 16251 and Add. 16217 (Dillmann, "Catalogus", Nos. XXXIV and XXXVII.] THE HOURS OF THE DAY...
Page 13 : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Return to text A page of the Syriac text, written in the Nestorian hand, of the "Cave of Treasures," from the British Museum MS. No. 25875. The text describes the appointment of Adam as priest and king and prophet, and the entrance of Satan into Paradise in the form...
Abraham And The City Of Ur : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 273 ABRAHAM AND THE CITY OF UR. The paragraphs which the author of the "Cave Treasures" devotes to the history of Terah and Abraham throw new light upon the lives of these patriarchs and the conditions under which they lived in the city of Ur...
Plate Ix : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE IX {facing page 176} Kitchen in the Gig-Pak-Ku at "Ur of the Chaldees," showing tank, wall, rope-ring and fire-place. ("See" page 280.) Next Plate
Plate I : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE I {facing page 48} Limestone monolith at Pasargadae in Persia sculpured in low relief with a portrait figure of the Fravashi or "genius" of CYRUS THE GREAT, the friend of the Jews. The figure of Cyrus is rather larger...
Plate Xi : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE XI {facing page 208} A stele of the IIIrd Dynasty from the E-Gig-Par at "Ur of the Chladees." ("See" page 280.) The King Ur-Nammu making an offering to Nannar and Nin-Gal. From the great stele of Ur-Nammu. ("See" page...
Untitled : Sacred-Texts Christianity THE BOOK OF THE CAVE OF TREASURES TRANSLATED FROM THE SYRIAC BY E. A. WALLIS BUDGE [London, The Religious Tract Society] [1927] {scanned And Edited By Christopher M. Weimer, June 2002} notes to the hypertext transcription Title Page Contents Preface Introduction The Book...
Bibliography : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous p. 291 BIBLIOGRAPHY BARTHOLOMEW, THE APOSTLE. "Book of the Resurrection of Christ" (in Budge, "Coptic Apocrypha", London, 1913). BASSET, REN. "Les Prires de la Vierge Bartos et au Golgotha", Paris, 1895. French translation from the Ethiopic. BEZOLD, C. "Die...
The Second Thousand Years : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 87 [THE SECOND THOUSAND YEARS: YRD TO THE FLOOD.] OF THE TRANSMISSION OF THE ART OF PLAYING THE HARP, THAT IS TO SAY, OF MUSIC, AND SINGING AND DANCING. Ybl (Jubal) and Tbalkn (Tubal-Cain), the two brethren, the sons of Lamech, the blind man, who...
The First Thousand Years : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 43 THE CAVE OF TREASURES TRANSLATION (Brit. Mus. MS. Add. 25875.) [THE TITLE OF THE WORK: THE SCRIBE'S PRAYER.] [Fol. 3"b", col. 1.] By the might of our Lord Jesus Christ we begin to write the "Book of the Succession of the Generations," that is...
Plate Xiv : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE XIV {facing page 256} The cover of an ivory toilet box with a Phoenician inscription. The box was probably sent from Syria to "Ur of the Chaldees" about 600 B.C. ("See" page 285.) Gold dagger, with a handle of deep blue...
Plate Vi : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE VI {facing page 128} The E-Dubal-mah, or Hall of Justice, at "Ur of the Chaldees" as it was incorporated in the E-Gig-Par of Nabonidus; the north-east side. ("See" page 277.) Next Plate
Plate Vii : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE VII {facing page 144} 1 2 3 1. Stone duck weight of Shulgi, King of Ur, about 2200 B.C. ("See" page 285.) 2. Bronze shoe of a door pivot and its stone socket inscribed with the name of Ur-Nammu, about 2600 B.C. ("See"...
Plate Xiii : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE XIII {facing page 240} 1 2 1. Limestone plaque with reliefs representing the King and his sons pouring out a libation to Nannar, the Moon-god. ("See" page 278.) 2. A priest pouring out a libation before a shrine. Behind...
Plate X : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE X {facing page 192} Front view. Side view. Diorite statue of Bau, the goddess of fertility. She sits on a throne set upon water, and her supports and footstool are geese. ("See" page 280.) Next Plate
Plate Xii : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE XII {facing page 224} A street of private houses recently excavated in the city of "Ur of the Chaldees." The houses were built about 2100 B.C., "i.e." about the time when Abraham and his father Terah were living in Ur;...
Introduction : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 1 INTRODUCTION THE SOURCES OF THE "CAVE OF TREASURES" AND ITS CONTENTS. IN the centuries immediately preceding the Christian Era certain professional Jewish scribes composed a number of works which may well be described as "historical romances,"...
Plate Iii : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE III {facing page 80} General view of the ziggurat and the excavations at "Ur of the Chaldees." ("See" page 275.) Next Plate
Plate V : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE V {facing page 112} The ruins of the great Hall of justice (E-Dubal-mah) at "Ur of the Chaldees," as seen from the south corner. ("See" page 277.) Next Plate
Supplementary Translations From The book : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 249 SUPPLEMENTARY TRANSLATIONS FROM THE "BOOK OF THE BEE." THE ASSUMPTION OF THE VIRGIN. OUR LORD'S APPEARANCES AFTER THE RESURRECTION. THE LAST SUPPER. THE NAMES OF THE APOSTLES AND DISCIPLES. CHRONOLOGY. GOG AND MAGOG. ANTI-CHRIST. THE GREEK...
Plate Xv : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate PLATE XV {facing page 272} 1 2 3 Incised shell plaques from "Ur of the Chaldees." 1. Figures of bulls and stags. 2. Priest pouring out a libation 3. Shell plaque of the Ist dynasty of Ur. ("See" page 288.) Index List of Plates
Plate Viii : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index List of Plates Previous Plate Next Plate PLATE VIII {facing page 160} Door socket of Sin-balatsu-ixbi about 650 B.C. ("See" page 277.) Door socket of Bur-Sin (about 2200 B.C.), recording the dedication of a temple to Nannar. ("See" page 279.) Next Plate
The Book Of Thecave Of Treasures : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Frontespiece Next THE BOOK OF THE CAVE OF TREASURES A HISTORY OF THE PATRIARCHS AND THE KINGS THEIR SUCCESSORS FROM THE CREATION TO THE CRUCIFIXION OF CHRIST TRANSLATED FROM THE SYRIAC TEXT OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM MS. ADD. 25875 BY SIR E. A. WALLIS BUDGE, KT. M...
Notes To The Hypertext Transcription : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index THE BOOK OF THE CAVE OF TREASURES NOTES TO THE HYPERTEXT TRANSCRIPTION The "Book of the Cave of Treasures" is a sixth century Christian sacred history written by a Jacobite. The Jacobites are an eastern Monophysite sect, seperate from both the Roman Catholic...
The Five Hundred Years From The Second Year : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 192 THE FIVE HUNDRED YEARS FROM THE SECOND YEAR OF CYRUS TO THE BIRTH OF CHRIST. Now when the people had gone up [to Jerusalem] they had no Books of the Prophets. And Ezra the scribe went down into that pit [wherein Simeon had cast the Books]...
Page 3 : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Return to text A page of the Ethiopic version of the apocryphal work known to ecclesiastical writers as the "Lesser Genesis," and the "Apocalypse of Moses" (British Museum MS. Orient. No. 485, Fol. 83"b"). Because each of the periods of time described in the book...
Page 9 : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Return to text A page of the Ethiopic text of the "Book of Adam and Eve" (British Museum MS. Orient. No. 751, Fol. 110"b") containing a description of the horrible appearance of the snake into which Satan entered when he went into the presence of Eve. Return to text
The Fourth Thousand Years : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 136 [THE FOURTH THOUSAND YEARS--FROM THE REIGN OF REU TO THE TWENTY-SIXTH YEAR OF THE LIFE OF EHUD.] And in the days of Reu the Mesry, who are the Egyptians, appointed their first king; his name was Puntos, and he reigned over them sixty-eight years...
The Third Thousand Years : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. 111 [THE THIRD THOUSAND YEARS: FROM THE FLOOD TO THE REIGN OF REU.] [Noah's entry into the Ark.] The entrance of Noah into the Ark took place on the day of the eve of the Sabbath (Friday), on the seventeenth day of the blessed month of yr (May)...
Preface : Sacred-Texts Christianity Index Previous Next p. xi PREFACE THE present volume contains a complete translation of the Syriac text of the compendious history of the world from the Creation to the Crucifixion of our Lord, which is commonly known as "Me`rath Gazz," or the "Cave of Treasures."...