The Problem of the Old Testament Considered With Reference to Recent Criticism 3
The Problem of the Old Testament Considered With Reference to Recent Criticism 3
Orr, James, 1844-1913
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The order of the creative works, however, seems to bear some resemblance to that in Oen. L The fifth tablet narrates the appointing of the constellations, and another fragment the making of the animals. A trace of an older conception may, perhaps, be discerned in the fact that in the latter (if it really belongs to the same series, which is doubtful) the woik of creation is ascribed, not to Merodach, but to " aU the gods *' together, thus: *' When aU the gods had made (the world), Had created t...he heavens, had fonned (the earth)» Had hroaght forth living creatures into being, The cattle of the field, the (beasts) of the fields and The ereepiiig things (of the field)/^* Inscriptions show that both Babylonians and Assyrians had a species of seventh-day sabbath. The word sabattu itself occurs, and is defined as "* a day of rest for the heart."* It differed, however, from the Jewish sabbath, in that the reckoning began afresh each month — 7th, 14th, 21st, 28th, — while the Jewish went on consecutively.
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