Religion and politics in the Ancient Near East / edited by Adele Berlin

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture ; 1 | Studies and texts in Jewish history and culture ; [1]Publication details: Bethesda, Md. : University Press of Maryland, c1996Description: 150 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 1-883053-24-2
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200.939 B455r
LOC classification:
  • BL 1600 R4 1996
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Books Books Tantur Ecumenical Institute Library Main Collection (Lower Floor) 200.939 B455r (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available

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.

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