Excerpt from Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions: The Haskell Lectures, Delivered at Oberlin College in 1913Accepting the ascertained results of modern re search, the question, then, with which we are con fronted is to account for the tremendous in¿uence exerted by Hebrew traditions in the form finally given to them, and to explain why the religious thought and practices of the Hebrews became, with the heritage of Greek and Roman culture, the foun dation structure on which the superstructure of modern civilisation has been erected. That fact is as undeniable as are the postulates of biblical crit icism and of archaeological investigations.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis 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.