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The ancient Semitic deities Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet, and Asherah have been of particular interest in recent scholarly research. This study contributes to the investigation of the iconography of these deities during the period from 1500 to 1000 BC. In doing so, Cornelius not only presents the various iconographic depictions…
Describing God as a warrior and as a God of heaven in the Hebrew psalter and ancient Near Eastern iconography.
In this remarkable, acclaimed history of the development of monotheism, Mark S. Smith explains how Israel's religion evolved from a cult of Yahweh as a primary deity among many to a fully defined monotheistic faith with Yahweh as sole god. Repudiating the traditional view that Israel was fundamentally different in culture…
The essays in this volume address key aspects of Israelite religious development. Frank Moore Cross traces the continuities between early Israelite religion and the Canaanite culture from which it emerged; explores the tension between the mythic and the historical in Israel’s religious expression; and examines the…
Jerusalem, with its turbulent history, is without doubt one of the best- known cities of the world. A long line of foreign powers have ruled over it, from as far back as biblical times. But the city owes its importance not to them but to the fact that it is the birthplace of monotheism. Othmar Keel sketches in broad brush…
