Excerpt from Light on the Old Testament From Babel Considerable portion of the material of this publication formed the basis of lectures delivered at Winona Bible Conference, Mt. Gretna Chautauqua, Pocono Pines Assembly, and other institutions and churches, besides those given on Sunday afternoons in Houston Hall under the au spices of the Christian Association of the University of Pennsylvania. In addition to the discussion of the cuneiform inscriptions in these lectures, which bear more par ticularly upon the Old Testament, several chapters (vii, VIII, XII, and XV) have been included on life in ancient Babylonia. Besides facts published by others, these chapters include a presentation of certain discussions of general interest which I have published in a more technical form in the series: The Babylonian Expedition of the University of Penn sylvania. These chapters, however, also contain much material that appears for the first time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.