Reconsidering the concept of revolutionary monotheism
A new agenda for the study of the rise of monotheism / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- Presenting and discussing deities in new kingdom and third intermediate period Egypt / John Baines -- Gods and scholars : mapping the pantheon in early Mesopotamia / Gonzalo Rubio -- The heavens and the gods in ancient...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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Winona Lake, Ind.
Eisenbrauns
2011
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| In: | Year: 2011 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ Monotheism
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| Further subjects: | B
Conference program 2007 (Princeton, NJ)
B Monotheism B God |
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| Summary: | A new agenda for the study of the rise of monotheism / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- Presenting and discussing deities in new kingdom and third intermediate period Egypt / John Baines -- Gods and scholars : mapping the pantheon in early Mesopotamia / Gonzalo Rubio -- The heavens and the gods in ancient Mesopotamia : the view from a polytheistic cosmology / Francesca Rochberg -- Divine agency and astralization of the gods in ancient Mesopotamia / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- How gods die, biblically and otherwise : a problem of cosmic restructuring / Peter Machinist -- God in translation : cross-cultural recognition of divinity in ancient Israel / Mark S. Smith -- The quest for "God" : monotheistic arguments in the priestly texts of the Hebrew Bible / Konrad Schmid -- King and Messiah as Son of God / John J. Collins -- Zarathustra : a revolutionary monotheist? / Prods Oktor Skjærvø |
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| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references and indexes Proceedings of a conference held in Feb. 2007 at Princeton University. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| ISBN: | 1575061996 |