Format:
XII, 370 S.
,
Ill., graph. Darst.
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24 cm
ISBN:
1575061996
,
9781575061993
,
9781575061993
Content:
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
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
,
Proceedings of a conference held in Feb. 2007 at Princeton University. - Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Reconsidering the concept of revolutionary monotheism Winona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns, 2011 ISBN 1575061996
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781575061993
Language:
English
Subjects:
Theology
Keywords:
Alter Orient
;
Monotheismus
;
Konferenzschrift
