The Cults of Uruk and Babylon: The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice (Cuneiform Monographs, Band 25) - Hardcover

Linssen, Marc J. H.

 
9789004124028: The Cults of Uruk and Babylon: The Temple Ritual Texts as Evidence for Hellenistic Cult Practice (Cuneiform Monographs, Band 25)
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 9004124020 ISBN 13: 9789004124028
Verlag: Koninklijke Brill BV, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

This volume deals with temple ritual texts from ancient Mesopotamia, in particular from the cities Uruk and Babylon. Key question is whether they are a reliable source of information on the cult practices in Uruk and Babylon during the Hellenistic period.
In the book an extensive description is presented of the festivals, rituals, ceremonies and offerings in Hellenistic Mesopotamia. The appendix consists of a selection of the most important temple ritual texts, which are presented in transliteration, translation and with philological comments. Four plates with so far unpublished text fragments are also included.
The evidence clearly shows how important the public cults were in Hellenistic times, at least until the first century B.C., and how active the Mesopotamians were in matters of religion and cult during this period.

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Marc Linssen, Ph.D. (2002) in Assyriology, Free University of Amsterdam, currently works at the Humanities department of the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO). In his research he concentrates on religion, cult and magic in ancient Mesopotamia.

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Verlag
Koninklijke Brill BV
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
9004124020
ISBN 13 
9789004124028
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Anzahl der Seiten
362
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