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THE RESURRECTION OF ELAM AND THE HOPE OF ISRAEL
(Continued from Vol. 46., p. 553).
ACCORDING to the evidence furnished by the Encyclopædia Britannica (from which the following is culled) it appears that the Elamites occupied a very important position in the ancient world. The extent of the territory occupied and covered by the term “Elam” differs according to the authorities. Speaking generally, there can be no doubt, however, that Elam extended from the Euphrates along the Persian Gulf, south of the mountainous district which divides this portion of Persia from the north, and extending as far as the confines of India.
The whole country was occupied by a number of tribes, all speaking dialects allied to each other and to the Accadian language of primitive Chaldea. The most important tribes were the natives of Southern Susiana (the district in consideration called Anzan in the cuneiform inscriptions) who established their capital at Susa, and founded a powerful monarchy at a very early date. The civilisation of Southern Elam was of very great antiquity. The different tribes of the country were constantly invading Babylonia, and from time to time imposed their dominion upon it. The Elamites frequently appeared as kings of Babylonia.
According to the Assyrian monuments, Elamite kings conquered Babylonia, and reigned over it during the period between 2300 and 2076 B.C.. Among the Elamite kings mentioned are Kudur-Mabuk and Kudur-Nahundu. The first calls himself “Conqueror of the Westland.” Chedorlaomer, or, as the name would have been read in the ancient Elamite language, Kudur-Lagamar, may be put about 2000 B.C.. Lagamar is, as ascertained by the Assyrian inscriptions, the name of an Elamite deity, and Kudur probably means “servant.”
The Elamites appear to have descended from Shem, the son of Noah, whose progenitors would be living in Babylon at the time of the confusion of tongues.
Here it may be mentioned that a remarkable confirmation of Scripture comes from the discovery of the cuneiform tablets in Babylonia. The cuneiform system of writing is now considered to be the most ancient of all. According to archæologists, different tribes or peoples used the same signs, but attached to those signs different meanings. Some used the signs as an alphabet: to others the same signs represented words, and yet, to others, they represented complete ideas or sentences.
(1910). The Christadelphian, 47(electronic ed.), 28–29.
(Continued from Vol. 46., p. 553).
ACCORDING to the evidence furnished by the Encyclopædia Britannica (from which the following is culled) it appears that the Elamites occupied a very important position in the ancient world. The extent of the territory occupied and covered by the term “Elam” differs according to the authorities. Speaking generally, there can be no doubt, however, that Elam extended from the Euphrates along the Persian Gulf, south of the mountainous district which divides this portion of Persia from the north, and extending as far as the confines of India.
The whole country was occupied by a number of tribes, all speaking dialects allied to each other and to the Accadian language of primitive Chaldea. The most important tribes were the natives of Southern Susiana (the district in consideration called Anzan in the cuneiform inscriptions) who established their capital at Susa, and founded a powerful monarchy at a very early date. The civilisation of Southern Elam was of very great antiquity. The different tribes of the country were constantly invading Babylonia, and from time to time imposed their dominion upon it. The Elamites frequently appeared as kings of Babylonia.
According to the Assyrian monuments, Elamite kings conquered Babylonia, and reigned over it during the period between 2300 and 2076 B.C.. Among the Elamite kings mentioned are Kudur-Mabuk and Kudur-Nahundu. The first calls himself “Conqueror of the Westland.” Chedorlaomer, or, as the name would have been read in the ancient Elamite language, Kudur-Lagamar, may be put about 2000 B.C.. Lagamar is, as ascertained by the Assyrian inscriptions, the name of an Elamite deity, and Kudur probably means “servant.”
The Elamites appear to have descended from Shem, the son of Noah, whose progenitors would be living in Babylon at the time of the confusion of tongues.
Here it may be mentioned that a remarkable confirmation of Scripture comes from the discovery of the cuneiform tablets in Babylonia. The cuneiform system of writing is now considered to be the most ancient of all. According to archæologists, different tribes or peoples used the same signs, but attached to those signs different meanings. Some used the signs as an alphabet: to others the same signs represented words, and yet, to others, they represented complete ideas or sentences.
(1910). The Christadelphian, 47(electronic ed.), 28–29.