PARROT, ANDRE - The Tower of Babel Studies in Biblical Archaeology No. 2

NY: Philosophical Library, 1955. Hardcover. Binding is clean, sound and unworn. Minor-to-moderate edge foxing. Minor age-staining of endpapers. The margins of the photos and their facing pages are lightly foxed, else contents are clean, unworn. Very minor wear and minor soil on the complete DJ. ; 7-1/2" Tall, 75pp. Blue boards, bright gold spine lettering. RELIGION. "Parrot writes of the 'ziggurats, ' the high edifices whose remains have been discovered in Medopotamia, and relates how the archaeological evidence reveals the 'brick for stone' and the 'slime (bitumen) for motar' mentioned in Genesis 11. It is Monsieur Parrot's view that the purpose of the 'ziggurat' was to be a 'bond of union' to assure communication between earth and heaven. He also discusses the manner in which the Tower of Babel has been depicted in Christian art, and the literary and epigraphical evidence for the construction particulary of the 'ziggurat' of Babylon, the 'Tower of Babel'. " Translated from the French, LA TOUR DE BABEL, second edition, by Edwin Hudson. Five p. b/w photos. Ten figures. Bibliography. Index.. Very Good- in Good+ dust jacket .