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Religions of the ancient Near East

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Westminster Press, 1973 - Religion - 197 pages

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Contents

Babylonian and Assyrian Religion
49
Abbreviations
177
Bibliography
191
Copyright

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Abzu Adad akitu Akkadian Anat ANET appears Aqhat Aramaic Assurbanipal Assyrian Atargatis Baal Baal's Babylon Babylonian called Canaanite clear clearly connected consort creation cult cultic curse dead death deities demons described destiny Dhorme divine Dumuzi Enki Enkidu Enlil Epic epithet Ereshkigal Eridu evil udug example Falkenstein father feast fertility festival functions Gilgamesh gives goddess gods Gudea Hadad Hammurabi hand heaven and earth hieros gamos holy hymns idea Inanna incantation inscriptions Ishtar Jacobsen Keret king kingship Kramer lamentation land large number lord Marduk mentioned moon-god mother motif mountain myth Ningirsu Ninhursag Ninlil Ninurta Old Testament perhaps Phoenician picture prayer priest psalms Ras Shamra Ras Shamra texts regarded religion religious Resheph righteousness rites ritual royal sacrifice SAHG Shamash shepherd Shulgi speaks Sumer Sumerian sun-god symbols tablet Tammuz tells temple throne Ugaritic Ugaritic texts underworld Uruk West Semitic word worshipped

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TitleReligions of the ancient Near East
AuthorHelmer Ringgren
Editionillustrated
PublisherWestminster Press, 1973
Original fromthe University of Michigan
Digitized8 Jun 2010
ISBN066420953X, 9780664209537
Length197 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Assyria
Babylonia
Religion
Religion / Comparative Religion
Religion / General
Religion / Theosophy
Semites
Social Science / Anthropology / General
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