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Objects, Qualities, and Attributes as Deities in the Ancient Near East

by: Singletary, J.

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Category: New Books
Code: 31506
ISBN-13: 9789004733152 / 978-90-04-73315-2
ISBN-10: 9004733159 / 90-04-73315-9
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Publication Date: 2025
Publication Place: Leiden
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 215
Book Condition: New
Comments: Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 144

Objects, Qualities, and Attributes as Deities in the Ancient Near East

Series:
Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, Volume: 144

Author: Jennifer Singletary

This book analyzes examples of objects, qualities, and attributes treated as deities in ancient Near Eastern texts spanning the second and first millennia BCE. Specifically, this cross-cultural study examines attestations of this phenomenon in texts from Mesopotamia, Ebla, Alalakh, Emar, and Ugarit, as well as first millennium inscriptions, Aramaic texts from Egypt, and the Hebrew Bible. Through the application of recent research in cognitive science of religion and prototype theory, the book concludes that these types of deities are natural products of the human mind.

Front Matter

Preliminary Material
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Pages: i–xv


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Dedication
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Motto
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Acknowledgments
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Abbreviations
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Chapter 1 Gods, Deities, and the Superhuman
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Pages: 1–29

Chapter 2 Reconsidering the Evidence from Mesopotamia
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Pages: 30–55

Chapter 3 The Evidence from Ebla
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Pages: 56–85

Chapter 4 The Evidence from Alalakh
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Pages: 86–93

Chapter 5 The Evidence from Emar
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Pages: 94–103

Chapter 6 The Evidence from Ugarit
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Pages: 104–118

Chapter 7 First Millennium Inscriptions
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Pages: 119–131

Chapter 8 Aramaic Documents from Egypt and the Hebrew Bible
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Pages: 132–152

Chapter 9 Understanding Objects, Qualities, and Attributes as Deities
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Pages: 153–178
Back Matter

Bibliography
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Index
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Objects, Qualities, and Attributes as Deities in the Ancient Near East

by: Singletary, J.

  • ISBN-13: 9789004733152 / 978-90-04-73315-2
  • ISBN-03: 9004733159 / 90-04-73315-9
  • E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2025

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