Middle Eastern MythologyCourier Corporation, 2004 M01 1 - 198 páginas The role of mythology in ritual and its place in the origins of customs, cults, and hero worship are the areas covered by this survey. Based on firsthand sources, this book recounts the legends of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, and Canaanites, in addition to discussing the mythological elements of the Jewish apocalyptic literature and the New Testament. The author's well-documented commentary highlights the similarities between various Middle Eastern legends and offers revealing citations from documents, tablets, and inscriptions recovered by archaeological excavations. It contains 16 black-and-white illustrations. |
Contenido
LIST OF PLATES | 7 |
MESOPOTAMIAN MYTHS | 18 |
EGYPTIAN MYTHOLOGY | 65 |
UGARITIC MYTHOLOGY | 79 |
HITTITE MYTHOLOGY | 95 |
HEBREW MYTHOLOGY | 103 |
MYTHOLOGICAL ELEMENTS IN JEWISH | 161 |
CHRISTIAN MYTH AND RITUAL | 180 |
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Adapa Akkadian already seen Anath Ancient Near Eastern Aqhat Asherah Baal Baal's Babylonian myth birth bring called Canaan Canaanite Christian covenant cult myth Danel death described destruction of mankind Dilmun divine activity dragon Dumuzi early earth Eastern Texts Egypt Egyptian Elijah Elisha Enki Enkidu Enlil Epic of Creation episode Erech Etana feast Festival Flood myth fragment Gilgamesh goddess gods gospel heaven Hebrew writers Hence hero Hittite Horus immortality Inanna Ishtar Israel Jesus Jewish Joshua Kenite Keret king kingship Kramer legend magical Marduk Mesopotamian Moses myth of Creation mythical mythological material mythology narrative nether world Nile Ninhursag Old Testament original Osiris Passover poem Priestly priests prophets reference represented ritual myth scholars Semitic Shamash slaying storm-god story Sumer Sumerian myth Sumerian mythology sun-god symbolic tablets Tammuz Telepinus thee thou Tiamat tion tradition Ugaritic underworld Utnapishtim words Yahweh Yahwist Ziusudra