Among the Host of Heaven

The Syro-Palestinian Pantheon as Bureaucracy

Inbunden, Engelska, 1994

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This volume provides new directions for thinking about the structure, organization, and “function” of the gods of the Levantine and ancient Near Eastern worlds, arguing that the structure of the pantheon worshiped in Syria-Palestine mirrored the social structure of the city-states of that region.

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Utgivningsdatum1994-06-30
Mått152 x 229 x 23 mm
Vikt635 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor240
FörlagPennsylvania State University Press
ISBN9780931464843

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PrefaceAbbreviations1. IntroductionRethinking the Structure of the PantheonThe Tenuousness of TheoriesBureaucracy in the Ancient Near EastAncient Gods and Modern Studies2. Tablets and TextsThe Ugaritic TextsNarrative TextsRitual TextsSyro-Palestinian InscriptionsThe ‘Elkunirsha Myth’The BibleThe History of the Phoenicians by Philo of ByblosDe Dea SyriaMinor SourcesArtSyro-Palestinian Gods AbroadThe Greek Adonis MythExcavations at EblaPolemic3. Authoritative DeitiesThe OfficeThe GodsElAsherahEl and Asherah: The Titles of Highest AuthorityThe ‘Owners’ParentsEl and Asherah: Acting as Highest AuthorityWisdomOrderMalfunctioning4. Active DeitiesThe OfficeThe GodsBaalAnatMotShemesh/ShapshuLittle-Known DeitiesThe Gods in OfficeThe Problem of mlkSpheres of AuthorityThe Enigmatic AssemblyMalfunctioning5. Artisan DeitiesThe OfficeThe GodsKothar-wa-HasisThe ‘Technogony’ of Philo of ByblosMarginal DeitiesThe Gods in OfficeMalfunctioning6. Messenger DeitiesThe OfficeThe GodsLabor-Gods?SeraphimThe Gods in ServiceThe Divinity of the GodsThe Work of the Messenger DeitiesMalfunctioning7. SummaryCosmic HierarchyA Reflection of the AuthorsSummaryBibliographyIndexesIndex of Deity NamesIndex of AuthorsIndex of Scripture ReferencesIndex of Ancient Sources