Author

Publication

2001-07-13 - Oxford University Press, USA

Language

English

Word Count

86,000 words, Guess

Page Count

344 pages

Identifiers

and 5 more

Classifications

  • LCCBS1192.6.S555 2001
  • LCCBS1192.6 .S555 2001
  • LCCBS1192.6 .S555 2001eb

Description

One of the leading scholars of ancient West Semitic religion discusses polytheism vs. monotheism by covering the fluidity of those categories in the ancient Near East. He argues that Israel's social history is key to the development of monotheism.

First Sentence

What do Ugaritic texts and iconography tell us about the representation of divinity?

Subjects

Other Editions

  • The Origins of Biblical Monotheism: Israel's Polytheistic Background and the Ugaritic TextsOxford University Press, USA2001-07-13

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