| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 179 pages): illustrations. |
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text file |
| Series |
Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 90
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Forschungen zum Alten Testament. 2. Reihe ; 90.
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| Note |
Revised thesis (Ph.D.) - University of Texas, Austin, 2016. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 153-168) and indexes. |
| Summary |
In this book, Aren M. Wilson-Wright proposes a new model for studying gods in the Ancient Near East. He then illustrates the utility of this model by applying it to a detailed study of the goddess Athtart at three Late Bronze Age sites: Egypt, Emar, and Ugarit. -back of book. |
| Contents |
Preface -- List of abbreviations -- List of illustrations and tables -- Introduction -- Review of previous scholarship -- A new method for the study of deities -- Development and etymology of *Atṯar- and Atṯart- -- Athtart in Egypt -- Review of previous scholarship -- Linguistic data -- Equestrian forms of Athtar(t) -- Adaptation of the equestrian forms of Athtar(t) -- Syrian Athtar and the "Magico-Medical" Athtart -- Summary and conclusion -- Athtart at Emar -- History of Emar -- Linguistic data -- Evidence for agricultural forms of Aštart -- Evidence for Urban forms of Aštart -- Coexistence of agricultural and Urban forms of Aštart -- Summary and conclusion -- Excursus : other forms of Aštart at Emar -- Athtart at Ugarit -- Ritual transmission and the king -- Orality and literacy in the ugaritic language -- Verbal transmission, cult singers, and scribes -- Other forms of Athtart at Ugarit -- Summary and conclusion -- Conclusion -- Further case studies -- Theoretical expansions -- Bibliography -- Index of references -- Index of modem authors -- Index of subjects. |
| Local Note |
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| Subject |
Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
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Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) |
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Astarte (Phoenician deity)
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Astarte (Phoenician deity) |
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Goddesses, Semitic.
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Goddesses, Semitic. |
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Egypt -- Religion.
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Egypt. |
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Religion. |
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Syria -- Religion.
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Syria. |
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Emar (Extinct city) -- Antiquities.
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Ugarit (Extinct city) -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. |
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Syria -- Emar (Extinct city) |
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Syria -- Ugarit (Extinct city) |
| Other Form: |
Print version: 9783161550102 3161550102 (OCoLC)962484281 |
| ISBN |
9783161550119 (electronic book) |
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3161550110 (electronic book) |
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3161550102 |
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9783161550102 |
| Standard No. |
9783161550102 |
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