03701nam 22006013u 450 991045832660332120210114043349.01-282-59395-197866125939560-472-02589-9(CKB)2560000000012996(EBL)3414717(OCoLC)824100714(SSID)ssj0000422068(PQKBManifestationID)11250205(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000422068(PQKBWorkID)10432888(PQKB)11408894(MiAaPQ)EBC3414717(EXLCZ)99256000000001299620160815d2010|||| u|| |engur|n|---|||||txtccrLife and Thought in the Ancient Near East[electronic resource]Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press20101 online resource (284 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-472-06992-6 Contents; List of Maps; List of Illustrations; List of Abbreviations; Preface; Acknowledgments; A Yardstick of Time; Introduction; Vignettes; Mesopotamia; In the Tablet Houses of Mesopotamia; New Year's Day in Babylon; Decoding the Hammurabi Law Code; On the Lighter Side of Mesopotamia: A Glimpse into Sumerian Palace and Temple Household Life; Wild Animals and Game Parks; Archaeology: The "Cold Case File" of the Historian; Egypt; Theme and Variations on Herodotus's Statement That "Egypt Is the Gift of the Nile""; On the Essential Cosmic Rhythms of Ancient Egyptian LifeThe Palestinian CorridorThe Seagoing Phoenicians; From Tribal Coalition to Statehood in Ancient Israel; Ancient Persia and a Tale of Two Cities: Athens and Jerusalem in the Fifth Century; On Nomads and Nomadism; Anatolia; An Old Assyrian Trading Enterprise in Asia Minor; On Chariot Warfare; Some Observations on Ancient Near Eastern Treaties; When Princes Squabble: A Royal Dispute in Central Anatolia; Some Literary Observations; On the Greatness of Gilgamesh as an Ancient Near Eastern Epic; Reflections on Ancient Near Eastern Myth; Wisdom LiteratureTranslating an Old Babylonian Poem: "Prayer to the Gods of Night"Background; Physical Background: Landforms, Climate, and Hydrology of the Near East; Historical Background: The Setting of Prehistoric Cultural Development in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Civic Background: Cities and Gods in the Ancient Near East-Mesopotamia, Egypt, and Israel; Especially for Students; Languages and Literature; A Brief Note on Languages; A General View of Ancient Near Eastern Literature; Decipherments; The Decipherment of Cuneiform Writing; The Discovery of Hittite Civilization and the Decipherment of HittiteConclusion: Who Will Know about Us When We're Gone?A Summary of Culture Growth in Mesopotamia and Egypt; Methodological Fallacies in the Study of Ancient Near Eastern Religion; Chronology; Glossary; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMiddle East -- Civilization -- To 622Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHILCCHistory & ArchaeologyHILCCMiddle EastHILCCElectronic books.Middle East -- Civilization -- To 622.Regions & Countries - Asia & the Middle EastHistory & ArchaeologyMiddle East939/.4Orlin Louis Lawrence643748AU-PeELAU-PeELAU-PeELBOOK9910458326603321Life and Thought in the Ancient Near East2242116UNINA03568nam 2200673Ia 450 991078093350332120230725044924.01-282-38589-597866123858960-313-35181-3(CKB)2550000000002713(EBL)492515(OCoLC)609858051(SSID)ssj0000433408(PQKBManifestationID)11269318(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000433408(PQKBWorkID)10391015(PQKB)11261062(MiAaPQ)EBC492515(Au-PeEL)EBL492515(CaPaEBR)ebr10359091(CaONFJC)MIL238589(EXLCZ)99255000000000271320090903d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAtheism and secularityVolume 1 & 2[electronic resource] /edited by Phil ZuckermanSanta Barbara, CA Praeger Perspectivesc20101 online resource (540 p.)Praeger perspectivesTwo volumes combined as one.3-13-351815-1 0-313-35182-1 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Atheism and Secularity: Volume 1; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Social Scientific Study of Atheism and Secularity; Chapter 1: What Is Atheism?; Chapter 2: Atheism, Secularity, the Family, and Children; Chapter 3: A Portrait of Secular Group Affiliates; Chapter 4: Sexuality and the Secular; Chapter 5: Morality and Immorality among the Irreligious; Chapter 6: The Evolution of Popular Religiosity and Secularism: How First World Statistics Reveal Why Religion Exists, Why It Has Been Popular, and Why the Most Successful Democracies Are the Most SecChapter 7: Atheism, Secularity, and GenderChapter 8: Freethinkers and Hell Raisers: The Brief History of American Atheism and Secularism; Chapter 9: Defining Religion and Modifying Religious ''Bodies'': Secularizing the Sacred and Sacralizing the Secular; Index; About the Editor and Contributors; Atheism and Secularity: Volume 2; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction: The Social Scientific Study of Atheism and Secularity; Chapter 1: Atheism and Secularity in North America; Chapter 2: Atheism and Secularity in Modern Japan; Chapter 3: Atheism and Secularity in the Former Soviet UnionChapter 4: Atheism and Secularity in GhanaChapter 5: The Triumph of Indifference: Irreligion in British Society; Chapter 6: Atheism and Secularity in the Arab World; Chapter 7: Atheism and Secularity in India; Chapter 8: Atheism and Secularity in the Netherlands; Chapter 9: Atheism and Secularity: The Scandinavian Paradox; Chapter 10: Atheism and Secularity in China; Index; About the Editor and ContributorsThis important two-volume contribution to the field of secular studies offers the first comprehensive examination of atheists and non-religious people around the world.Praeger perspectivesIrreligion and sociologyAtheismSecularismIrreligion and sociology.Atheism.Secularism.211.6211'.6-dc22211/.6Zuckerman Phil740778MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910780933503321Atheism and secularity1469277UNINA