Festivals And Calendars Of The Ancient Near East
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Author | : Mark E. Cohen |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015 |
Genre | : Calendars |
ISBN | : 9781934309643 |
"Analysis of the ancient calendars of Mesopotamia, the Levant and other cities of the ancient Near East and their annual festivals and rituals. The cultic calendars include those of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Israel, and cities in ancient Syria. Includes the order of each calendar's months and the meanings of the month names"--
Author | : Piotr Bienkowski |
Publisher | : University of Pennsylvania Press |
Total Pages | : 364 |
Release | : 2010-03-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780812221152 |
An authoritative guide to the whole of the cradle of civilization.
Author | : Daniel E. Fleming |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 370 |
Release | : 2000 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1575060442 |
The recent large-scale watershed projects in northern Syria, where the ancient city of Emar was located, have brought this area to light, thanks to salvage operation excavations before the area was submerged. Excavations at Meskeneh-Qadimeh on the great bend of the Euphrates River revealed this large town, which had been built in the late 14th century and then destroyed violently at the beginning of the 12th, at the end of the Bronze Age. In the town of Emar, ritual tablets were discovered in a temple that are demonstrated to have been recorded by the supervisor of the local cult, who was called the "diviner." This religious leader also operated a significant writing center, which focused on both administering local ritual and fostering competence in Mesopotamian lore. An archaic local calendar can be distinguished from other calendars in use at Emar, both foreign and local. A second, overlapping calendar emanated from the palace and represented a rising political force in some tension with rooted local institutions. The archaic local calendar can be partially reconstructed from one ritual text that outlines the rites performed during a period of six months. The main public rite of Emar's religious calendar was the zukru festival. This event was celebrated in a simplified annual ritual and in a more elaborate version of the ritual for seven days during every seventh year, probably serving as a pledge of loyalty to the chief god, Dagan. The Emar ritual calendar was native, in spite of various levels of outside influence, and thus offers important evidence for ancient Syrian culture. These texts are thus important for ancient Near Eastern cultic and ritual studies. Fleming's comprehensive study lays the basic groundwork for all future study of the ritual and makes a major contribution to the study of ancient Syria.
Author | : Roy Gane |
Publisher | : Eisenbrauns |
Total Pages | : 418 |
Release | : 2005-01-01 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1575061015 |
Roy Gane critically evaluates Jacob Milgrom's purification-offering theory but ultimately affirms and expands on his seminal insight that theodicy is foundational to the Israelite expiatory system. Gane's conclusions are derived from exegetical study of Hebrew ritual texts and by adapting a systems theory approach to human activity systems.
Author | : Douglas R. Frayne |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 745 |
Release | : 2021-02-12 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1646021274 |
From the tragic young Adonis to Zašhapuna, first among goddesses, this handbook provides the most complete information available on deities from the cultures and religions of the ancient Near East, including Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam. The result of nearly fifteen years of research, this handbook is more expansive and covers a wider range of sources and civilizations than any previous reference works on the topic. Arranged alphabetically, the entries range from multiple pages of information to a single line—sometimes all that we know about a given deity. Where possible, each record discusses the deity’s symbolism and imagery, connecting it to the myths, rituals, and festivals described in ancient sources. Many of the entries are accompanied by illustrations that aid in understanding the iconography, and they all include references to texts in which the god or goddess is mentioned. Appropriate for both trained scholars and nonacademic readers, this book collects centuries of Near Eastern mythology into one volume. It will be an especially valuable resource for anyone interested in Assyriology, ancient religion, and the ancient Near East.
Author | : John H. Walton |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 384 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 1493414364 |
Leading evangelical scholar John Walton surveys the cultural context of the ancient Near East, bringing insight to the interpretation of specific Old Testament passages. This new edition of a top-selling textbook has been thoroughly updated and revised throughout to reflect the refined thinking of a mature scholar. It includes over 30 illustrations. Students and pastors who want to deepen their understanding of the Old Testament will find this a helpful and instructive study.
Author | : Peter Machinist |
Publisher | : SBL Press |
Total Pages | : 740 |
Release | : 2021-09-17 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 0884144844 |
Sixty-six colleagues, friends, and former students of Edward L. Greenstein present essays honoring him upon his retirement. Throughout Greenstein's half-century career he demonstrated expertise in a host of areas astonishing in its breadth and depth, and each of the essays in these two volumes focuses on an area of particular interest to him. Volume 1 includes essays on ancient Near Eastern studies, Biblical Hebrew and Northwest Semitic languages, and biblical law and narrative. Volume 2 includes essays on biblical wisdom and poetry, biblical reception and exegesis, and postmodern readings of the Bible.
Author | : Jan A. Wagenaar |
Publisher | : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9783447052498 |
The book focusses on the origin and transformation of the priestly festival calendar. Since the epoch-making work of Julius Wellhausen at the end of the 19th century the differences between the various ancient Israelite festival calendars have often been explained in terms of a gradual evolution, which shows an increasing historicisation, denaturalisation and ritualisation. The festivals were in Wellhausen's view gradually detached from agricultural conditions and celebrated more and more at fixed points in the year. This study tries to show that the changes in the priestly festival calendar reflect a conscious effort to adapt the ancient Israelite festival calendar to the semi-annual layout of the Babylonian festival year. The ramifications of the change only come to the fore after a careful study of the agricultural conditions of ancient Israel - and Mesopotamia - makes clear that passover and the festival of unleavened bread were originally celebrated in the second month of the year. The first month of the year envisaged by the priestly festival calendar for the celebration of passover and the festival of unleavened bread in turn mirrors the date of one of the two semi-annual Babylonian New Year festivals. The two Babylonian New Year festivals were celebrated exactly six months apart at the vernal and autumnal equinoxes. In order to adapt the ancient Israelite festival calendar to the Babylonian scheme with two New Year festivals a year, the date of passover and the festival of unleavened bread had to be moved up by one month. The consequences for the origin of passover, the festival of unleavened bread, the festival of weeks and the festival of huts are charted and the relations between the various ancient Israelite festival calendars are determined anew.
Author | : Mary E. Buck |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 390 |
Release | : 2019-09-16 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004415114 |
In The Amorite Dynasty of Ugarit Mary Buck pursues a nuanced view of populations in the Bronze Age Levant, with the objective of understanding the ancient polity of Ugarit as a kin-based culture that shares close ties with neighbouring Amorite populations.
Author | : Tammi J. Schneider |
Publisher | : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2011-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0802829597 |
A fascinating look at ancient Middle Eastern religious belief and practice