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A Reassessment of Asherah (Gorgias Ugaritic Studies)

By Steve A. Wiggins

Book information

Publisher
Gorgias Pr Llc
Year
2007
ISBN
9781593337179, 2007036338, 1593337175
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4468470 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
392\389
Time added
2023-04-04 00:17:22

Description

Asherah is one of the most popular goddesses known from the ancient world. In this second edition of the author's 1993 monograph on the goddess, further articles and bibliography have been added to bring this ever-expanding field of study more up-to-date. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION PREFACE TO THE 1993 EDITION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ABBREVIATIONS 1. PRELIMINARY CONSIDERATIONS AND REVIEW OF PREVIOUS SCHOLARSHIP 2. ATHIRAT IN THE ELIMELEK TABLETS OF UGARIT 3. OTHER UGARITIC TEXTS REFERRING TO ATHIRAT 4. OLD TESTAMENT ASHERAH 5. MESOPOTAMIAN, HITTITE AND SOUTH ARABIAN EVIDENCE 6. HEBREW, PHOENICIAN AND ARAMAIC EPIGRAPHIC EVIDENCE 7. CONCLUSIONS 8. THE MYTH OF ASHERAH: LION LADY AND SERPENT GODDESS 9. OF ASHERAHS AND TREES: SOME METHODOLOGICAL QUESTIONS 10. BOOK REVIEWS FIGURES BIBLIOGRAPHY INDEX

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