vol. 37, Issue #3

Online Journal Article: NEBUCHADNEZZAR, GILGAMESH, AND THE "BABYLONIAN JOB" PAUL FERGUSON* JETS 37/3 (September 1994) 321-331

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Complete article may be found here:
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NEBUCHADNEZZAR, GILGAMESH,
AND THE "BABYLONIAN JOB"
PAUL FERGUSON*
JETS 37/3 (September 1994) 321-331

Excerpt:
Nebuchadnezzar stood on his palace roof, which had been made of cedar from the forests of Lebanon. Stacked all around were over fifteen million bricks, each containing his name and royal titles. He was surrounded by six walls and a 262-foot moat. Some of the buildings seemed to rival the heavens. The "contented one" swelled with pride and cried out, "Is not
this Babylon, which I have built?" (Dan 4:30). He had forgotten that all the bricks were made of mud. He had also
forgotten the affirmation made at his accession that all he possessed came from one deity.
He had not remembered that his father had represented himself on a monument as
the "son of nobody," helpless without his god. He had failed to notice two streets below
him called "Bow Down, Proud One" and "May the Arrogant Not Flourish." He did not even recall that
one of the names of his palace was "The Place Where Proud Ones Are Compelled to Submit.
--from the first page of the article