Religion

ISBN: 9783447058858
Published by : Harrassowitz Verlag
This book examines Hittite religion from a historical point of
view, stressing two basically different stages in its
development. The Old Hittite pantheon of the capital Hattua
maintains the indigenous religious trad... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781845535292
Published by : Equinox
Taking advantage of critical methodology for history-writing and the use of anthropological insights and ethnographic data from the modern Middle East, this study aims at providing new understandings on the emergence of Israel in ancient Palest... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780742546448
Published by : Rowman and Littlefield
This introduction to Biblical archaeology combines more general sections on the history and philosophy of the discipline, and the difficulties involved, with observations from Freund's own career and accounts of digs with which he has been invo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780742546455
Published by : Rowman and Littlefield
This introduction to Biblical archaeology combines more general sections on the history and philosophy of the discipline, and the difficulties involved, with observations from Freund's own career and accounts of digs with which he has been invo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780195181142
Published by : Oxford University Press
A surprising number of Old Testament stories involve hair and hairstyles, from the brothers Esau and Jacob to Samson and Delilah. This academic study looks at the representation of hair in ancient Israeli culture and its place in national, reli... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780802862457
Published by : William B. Eerdmans
Leo Perdue here argues from a sociohistorical approach that the proper understanding of ancient wisdom literature requires one to move out of the realm of philosophical idealism into the flesh and blood of human history. Arguing that wisdom was... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9789004164734
Published by : Brill Academic Publishers
In the last decades there has been an increasing interest in the relationship between Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East. This challenging book contributes greatly to this interest by studying the Near Eastern background of impo... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781598743258
Published by : Left Coast Press
Kathleen Kenyon was a towering figure of 20th century archaeology and certainly one of the most renowned and successful women archaeologists. Her excavations, most notably in the Holy Land at Jericho and Jerusalem were noted for their advances ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781598743265
Published by : Left Coast Press
Kathleen Kenyon was a towering figure of 20th century archaeology and certainly one of the most renowned and successful women archaeologists. Her excavations, most notably in the Holy Land at Jericho and Jerusalem were noted for their advances ... .... Learn More