Smith, G. (English spelling) SmithG

Japanese: Smith,G.(英語表記)SmithG
Smith, G. (English spelling) SmithG

…After 1855, excavation activities slowed down, and Assyriologists became absorbed in studying the clay tablets they found. In 1872, G. Smith caused a sensation by discovering a story in a clay tablet excavated from Nineveh that closely resembled the Old Testament's "Flood of Noah." The spiritual orientation toward the Old Testament has always been an underlying current in Assyriology, and has sometimes led research in the wrong direction, but only recently has this been reflected upon. …

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Japanese:

…1855年以降発掘活動は緩慢になり,アッシリア学者は発掘で得た粘土板の研究に没頭した。スミスG.Smithがニネベ出土の粘土板の中に旧約聖書の〈ノアの洪水〉に酷似する物語を発見して,センセーションを引き起こしたのは72年のことである。アッシリア学の底流にはつねにこの旧約聖書への精神的指向が認められ,ときに研究の方向を誤らせてきたが,最近になってやっとその反省がみられる。…

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