Preface

LUZAC'S SEMITIC TEXT
AND TRANSLATION SERIES
Xusac's Semitic ^eyt an& ^Translation Series,
IDol. XIV.
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in 2007 with funding from
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Xu3ac*5 Seniittc xrejt anb XTranslation Series.
VOL. I : The Laughable Stories collected by Bar-Hebr^us. Syriac Text and Translation, with Notes, Introduction, etc. By E. A. Wallis Budge. 21s. net.
^VOL. II : The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about b.c. 2200; to which are added . a series of letters of other kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Vol. I : Introduction and Babylonian Texts. By L. W. King. 21s. net.
VOL. Ill : The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about b.c. 2200; to which are added a series of letters of other kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Vol. II : Babylonian Texts, continued. By L.W.King, i8j.net.
iVOL. IV : The History of the Virgin Mary, and the History of the Likeness of Christ. Vol. I : Syriac Texts. By E. A. Wallis Budge. 1 2^. 6d. net.
VOL. V : The History of the Virgin Mary, and the History of the Likeness of Christ. Vol. II : English Translations. By E. A. Wallis Budge. los. 6d. net.
.VOL. VI : The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers OF Nineveh and Babylon. Vol. I : Cuneiform Texts. By R. C. Thompson, izs. 6d. net.
VOL. VII : The Reports of the Magicians and Astrologers of Nineveh and Babylon. Vol. II : English Translation and Transliteration. By R. C. Thompson. 12^. 6d. net.
VOL. VIII : The Letters and Inscriptions of Hammurabi, King of Babylon, about b.c. 2200 ; to which are added a series of letters of other kings of the First Dynasty of Babylon. Vol. Ill : English Translations, with Translitera- tions, Commentary, Vocabularies, Introduction, etc. By L.W.King, i8j.net.
VOL. IX: The Histories of Rabban Hormizd the Persian and Rabban Bar-*Idta. Vol. I : Syriac Texts. By E. A. Wallis Budge. 12s. 6d. net.
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VOL. XI : The Histories of Rabban Hormizd the Persian AND Rabban Bar-Tdta. Vol. Ill: English Translation of the Metrical Life of Rabban Hormizd by Sergius of Adhorbaijan. By E. A. Wallis Budge. \os. 6d. net.
VOL. XII : The Seven Tablets of Creation. Vol. I : English Translations, Transliterations, Glossary, Introduction, etc. By L. W. King. i8j. net.
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VOL. XIV: The Devils and Evil Spirits of Babylonia, transliterated and translated, with Introduction. Vol. I. By R. C. Thompson. {In the Press.)
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VOL. XVI : The History of Baralam and Yewasef. The Ethiopic Version, translated from the Arabic by Enbakom, for the Ethiopian king Galawdewas, a.d. 1553. Vol. I,