The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia

"The Old Testament in the Light of the Historical Records and Legends of Assyria and Babylonia" by Theophilus G. Pinches is a historical study from the early 1900s that looks at how the Old Testament relates to the history and myths of Assyria and Babylonia. The book opens with a detailed introduction outlining the book's goal to compare the Bible with knowledge gathered from the study of Assyria, mainly focusing on stories like creation and the lives of important figures, it seeks to understand the connections and differences between these ancient cultures and texts. The author plans to compare the biblical creation story with Babylonian versions, showing how these stories changed over time and what they meant to the people who told them, covering different historical and mythological topics found in ancient writings, seeking to describe how people long ago viewed the world.