Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel

Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel
Author :
Publisher : SBL Press
Total Pages : 500
Release :
ISBN-10 : 1628371684
ISBN-13 : 9781628371680
Rating : 4/5 (84 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel by : Karel Van Der Toorn

Download or read book Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel written by Karel Van Der Toorn and published by SBL Press. This book was released on 2016-12-15 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This SBL Press edition of an essential Brill reference work 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.


Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel Related Books

Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel
Language: en
Pages: 500
Authors: Karel Van Der Toorn
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-12-15 - Publisher: SBL Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This SBL Press edition of an essential Brill reference work deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Syrian, and Israelite ci
Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel
Language: en
Pages: 501
Authors: Karel Van Der Toorn
Categories: Architecture
Type: BOOK - Published: 2023-08-14 - Publisher: BRILL

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This study of family religion in the Babylonian, Ugaritic and Israelite civilizations opens up a little studied province of ancient Near Eastern religion. By fo
Household and Family Religion in Antiquity
Language: en
Pages: 327
Authors: John Bodel
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-02-15 - Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity. Advances our understanding
Caring for the Dead in Ancient Israel
Language: en
Pages: 265
Authors: Kerry M. Sonia
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-11-02 - Publisher: SBL Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A new reconstruction of cultic practices surrounding death in ancient Israel In Caring for the Dead in Ancient Israel, Kerry M. Sonia examines the commemoration
Life and Mortality in Ugaritic
Language: en
Pages: 391
Authors: Matthew McAffee
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2019-12-11 - Publisher: Penn State Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While topics such as death, funerary cult, and the netherworld have received considerable scholarly attention in the context of the Ugaritic textual corpus, the