TY  - BOOK
AU  - Berlin, Adele
TI  - Religion and politics in the Ancient Near East
T2  - Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture
SN  - 1-883053-24-2
AV  - BL 1600 R4 1996 
U1  - 200.939 
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Bethesda, Md.
PB  - University Press of Maryland
KW  - Bible
KW  - O.T
KW  - Criticism, interpretation, etc
KW  - Middle East, Ancient
KW  - Religion
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Ancient Middle East
KW  - Judaism
KW  - History
KW  - To 70 C.E
KW  - Politics in the Bible
N1  - Papers from conferences: 'Literature as Politics in the Bible and the Ancient Near East', Cornell University, Sept. 20, 1992, and 'Private and public religion in the Ancient Near East', University of Maryland, April 24, 1994; Includes bibliographical references; Introduction -- The Sun, the Moon, and the City of Ur, Mark E. Cohen -- Some Reflections on Mesopotamian Witchcraft, Tzvi Abusch -- State Gods and Private Religion in the Near East in the First Millennium BCE, Muhammad Dandamayev -- Biblical literature as politics: The Case of Genesis, Gary A. Rendsburg -- Biblical literature as Politics: The Case of Samuel, Marc Z. Brettler -- Men as Angels: The Self Image of the Qumran Community, Devorah Dimant -- Rabbis and Public Prayers for Rain in Later Roman Palestine, Hayim Lapin -- In the Blinking of an Eye: The Christianizing of Classical Cities in the Levant, Kenneth G. Holum
ER  -