The Two Babylons root "*aus-", meaning "dawn," potentially by way of . "Ishtar" is a Semitic name of uncertain etymology, possibly taken from the same root as Assyria, or from a semitic word meaning "to irrigate." Hislop ultimately claimed to trace Catholic doctrines back to the worship of Nimrod, asserting that the Roman Catholic Church represented Whore of Babylon of the Book of Revelation and that "the Pope himself is truly and properly the lineal representative of Belshazzar". He claimed that the Christogram IHS, the first three Greek letters in the name of Jesus, represented Latin characters standing for Isis, Horus and Seb.
The Meaning of Liff the contents of which are totally belied by its cover. For instance, any book the dust jacket of which bears the words, 'This book will change your life'." According to Adams' account, the idea behind "The Meaning of Liff" grew out of an old school game and started when he and Lloyd were on holiday together in Corfu in 1978 during the writing of the first Hitchhiker's novel. This idea was used as part of the "Not the Nine O'Clock News" spin-off book "Not 1982" (), where they were headed "Today's new word from the Oxtail English Dictionary". The suggestion