Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria, and Israel
Continuity and Changes in the Forms of Religious Life
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Word Count
122,750 words, Guess
Page Count
491 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL808425M
- ISBN-139789004104105
- ISBN-109004104100
- OCLC Control Number33442023
- OCLC Control Number417157256
and 3 more
- OCLC Control Numberfamilyreligionin0000toor
- Library of Congress Control Number95045168
- Goodreads798217
Classifications
- DDC291/.0939/4
- LCCBL1625.F35 T66 1995
Description
This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Ugaritic and early Israelite civilizations. On the basis of documents from both the private and the literary realm, the book provides a description and analysis of the rites of the ancestor cult and the devotion to local gods. The author demonstrates the role of these two aspects of family religion in the identity construction of its followers. The section dealing with Israel pays particular attention to the relationship between family religion and state religion. The emergence of state religion under King Saul marked the beginning of a competition influence upon each other, the tension of which was not resolved. A study of their interaction proves to be a key for the understanding of the development of Israelite religion during the monarchic period.
Description
This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Syrian, and Israelite civilizations. On the basis of a wealth of documents from both the private and the literary realm, the book gives an exhaustive description and analysis of the rites of the ancestor cult and the devotion to local gods. The author demonstrates the role of these two aspects of family religion in the identity construction of its followers. The section dealing with Israel pays particular attention to the relationship between family religion and state religion. The emergence of the state religion under King Saul marked the beginning of a competition between civil and private religion. Though the two had great influence upon each other, the tension between them was never resolved. A study of their interaction proves to be a key for the understanding of the development of Israelite religion during the monarchic period. . The book is of particular importance to biblical scholars, Assyriologists, and all those interested in the history of ancient Near Eastern religion.
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Series Statement
- Studies in the history and culture of the ancient Near East,
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