Babylonian Priesthood during the Third Millennium BCE: Between Sacred and Profane
This article offers an overview of the early Babylonian priesthood, as it was organized and operated during the third millennium BCE. It is emphasized that the priests and priestesses proper, i.e., individuals who were specifically concerned with cultic matters, represented a relatively small segmen...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Journal of ancient Near Eastern religions
Year: 2019, Volume: 19, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 112-151 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
History 3000 BC-2400 BC
/ Sumer
/ Lagasch
/ Religion
/ Temple
/ Priest
/ Power
/ Civil servant
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AG Religious life; material religion BC Ancient Orient; religion |
Further subjects: | B
palace
B managerial class B early Sumerian kingship B purification priests B Sanga B Lu A List B temple household B Ensik B Lugal B Nam-šita |
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Volltext (Verlag) Volltext (doi) |