Reconsidering the concept of revolutionary monotheism / edited by Beate Pongratz-Leisten.

Other author Pongratz-Leisten, Beate.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWinona Lake, Ind. : Eisenbrauns,
Descriptionxii, 370 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Contents A new agenda for the study of the rise of monotheism / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- Presenting and discussing deities in new kingdom and third intermediate period Egypt / John Baines -- Gods and scholars : mapping the pantheon in early Mesopotamia / Gonzalo Rubio -- The heavens and the gods in ancient Mesopotamia : the view from a polytheistic cosmology / Francesca Rochberg -- Divine agency and astralization of the gods in ancient Mesopotamia / Beate Pongratz-Leisten -- How gods die, biblically and otherwise : a problem of cosmic restructuring / Peter Machinist -- God in translation : cross-cultural recognition of divinity in ancient Israel / Mark S. Smith -- The quest for "God" : monotheistic arguments in the priestly texts of the Hebrew Bible / Konrad Schmid -- King and Messiah as Son of God / John J. Collins -- Zarathustra : a revolutionary monotheist? / Prods Oktor Skjærvø.
General noteProceedings of a conference held in Feb. 2007 at Princeton University.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2011010053
ISBN9781575061993 (hardback : alk. paper)
ISBN1575061996 (hardback : alk. paper)

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