by Smith, Morton, Cohen, Shaye J. D.
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by Smith, Morton, Cohen, Shaye J. D.
fromReligions in the Graeco-Roman world
by Smith, Morton, Cohen, Shaye J. D.
fromReligions in the Graeco-Roman world
by Smith, Morton, Cohen, Shaye J. D.
fromReligions in the Graeco-Roman world
by Smith, Morton, Cohen, Shaye J. D.
fromReligions in the Graeco-Roman world
The formula 'for the life of' is often found in votive inscriptions, cast in Aramaic and other languages, which originate from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and adjacent areas and which roughly date from the first three centuries A.D. They belong to objects like statues and alt…
"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 Ishtar divine names in Mesopotamia, Baal …
'The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition' advances our understanding of the conflict topos in ancient West Asian and early Jewish and Christian literatures and contributes to studies concerned with how mythological and religious ideas are used to render normative particular…
There are many ancient West Asian stories that narrate the victory of a warrior deity over an enemy, typically a sea-god or sea dragon, and his rise to divine kingship. In The Conflict Myth and the Biblical Tradition, Debra Scoggins Ballentine analyzes this motif, arguing that i…
