The splintered divine : a study of Ishtar, Baal, and Yahweh divine names and divine multiplicity in the ancient Near East / Spencer Allen.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 5.Publisher: Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 1 online resource (479 pages) : mapsContent type:
  • text
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  • computer
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  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781614512363 (e-book)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Splintered divine : a study of Ishtar, Baal, and Yahweh divine names and divine multiplicity in the ancient Near East.DDC classification:
  • 202/.1109394 23
LOC classification:
  • BL473 .A45 2015eb
Online resources: Summary: "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 names in the Levant, and Yahweh names in Israel"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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 names in the Levant, and Yahweh names in Israel"-- Provided by publisher.

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