An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamian Religion (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 24 hours | |Short Description for An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamian Religion In An Introduction to Mesopotamian Religion Tammi J. Schneider offers readers a basic guide to the religion of the peoples living in the region of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers from the beginning of the Bronze Age to the time of Alexander the Great and Darius III. Drawing from extant texts, artifacts, and architecture, Schneider reveals a complex, fluid, and highly ritualized polytheism and desc...
Full description- Publisher: William B Eerdmans Publishing Co
- Published: 01 August 2011
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Middle Eastern History | Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Biblical Archaeology | Comparative Religion | History Of Religion | Ancient Religions & Mythologies
- ISBN 13: 9780802829597 ISBN 10: 0802829597
- Sales rank: 334,245
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In An Introduction to Mesopotamian Religion Tammi J. Schneider offers readers a basic guide to the religion of the peoples living in the region of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers from the beginning of the Bronze Age to the time of Alexander the Great and Darius III. Drawing from extant texts, artifacts, and architecture, Schneider reveals a complex, fluid, and highly ritualized polytheism and describes both its intriguing pantheon of deities and the religious experience of the people who spent their lives serving and appeasing them.
