The Splintered Divine : : A Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East / / Spencer L. Allen.
This book investigates the issue of the singularity versus the multiplicity of ancient Near Eastern deities who are known by a common first name but differentiated by their last names, or geographic epithets. It focuses primarily on the Ištar divine names in Mesopotamia, Baal names in the Levant, an...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2015] ©2015 |
Year of Publication: | 2015 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ,
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource (457 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Abbreviations
- Additional Abbreviations
- 0. Introduction
- 1. Considering Multiplicity and Defining Deity
- 2. Comparative Insights
- 3. The Divine Hierarchy and Embedded God Lists (EGLs)
- 4. The Ištar Goddesses of Neo-Assyria
- 5. Geographic Epithets in the West
- 6. A Kuntillet ‘Ajrud Awakening
- 7. Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Maps
- Appendix: Tables 1.1–7.1
- Indices