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Asherah : goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament / / Tilde Binger



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Autore: Binger Tilde Visualizza persona
Titolo: Asherah : goddesses in Ugarit, Israel and the Old Testament / / Tilde Binger Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Sheffield, England, : Sheffield Academic Press, c1997
Edizione: 1st ed.
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 pages)
Disciplina: 291.2114
Soggetto topico: Asherah (Semitic deity)
Ugaritic literature - Relation to the Old Testament
Ugaritic language
Hebrew literature - History and criticism
Hebrew language
Mythology, Semitic
Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--1991.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; Chapter 1 METHOD; Chapter 2 DEFINITIONS; Chapter 3 THE SOURCE MATERIAL; Chapter 4 ASHERAH IN UGARIT; Chapter 5 ASHERAH IN ISRAEL; Chapter 6 ASHERAH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT; Chapter 7 ASHERAH IN UGARIT, ISRAEL AND THE OLD TESTAMENT; Appendix 1 LISTS OF SACRIFICES FROM UGARIT; Appendix 2 INSCRIPTIONS FROM 'ISRAEL'; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
Sommario/riassunto: A comprehensive discussion of texts concerning the goddess Asherah, as she is portrayed in texts from Ugarit (both epic and ritual texts, as well as the lists of sacrifices), Israel (the Khirbet el-Qom and Kuntillet Ajrud inscriptions) and the Old Testament. The main theses of the book are that two or more divinities carrying the same name but separated by several hundred years are not necessarily to be identified; that Asherah is probably not a name, but rather a title, carried by the main goddess in ancient Syria-Palestine; that the Asherah of the Old Testament and the Israelite texts was in
Titolo autorizzato: Asherah  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-281-81392-3
9786611813925
0-567-11976-9
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910826777303321
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Serie: Journal for the study of the Old Testament. . -Supplement series ; ; 232. Copenhagen international seminar ; ; 2.