%0 Book %A Holland, Glenn Stanfield %I Rowman & Littlefield Publishers %D 2009 %C Lanham, Md u.a. %G English %@ 9780742562264 %@ 0742562263 %T Gods in the desert: religions of the ancient Near East %X Introduction : religion and its characteristic expression -- Egypt : historical survey -- Egypt : the gods and the world they made -- Egypt : the king and royal power -- Egypt : the world of the dead -- Egypt : the human world -- Mesopotamia : historical survey -- Mesopotamia : the gods and the world they made -- Mesopotamia : the world of kings and heroes -- Mesopotamia : the world of the dead -- Mesopotamia : the human world -- Syria-Palestine : historical survey -- Syria-Palestine : the gods and the world they made -- Syria-Palestine : kings and prophets -- Syria-Palestine : suffering and death -- Syria-Palestine : the human world -- Conclusion : change and continuity in the Hellenistic Age