Religion and politics in the ancient Near East /edited by Adele Berlin. - Bethesda, Maryland : University Press of Maryland, (c)1996. - 150 pages : illistrations ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

The sun, the moon, and the city of Ur Some reflections on Mesopotamian witchcraft State gods and private religion in the Near East in the first millennium B.C.E. / Muhammad Dandamayev -- Biblical literature as politics : the case of Genesis Biblical literature as politics : the case if Samuel Men as angels : the self-image of the Qumran community Rabbis and public prayers for rain in later Roman Palestine In the blinking of an eye : the Christianizing of classical cities in the Levant Mark E. Cohen -- Tzvi Abusch -- Gary A. Rendsburg -- Marc Z. Brettler -- Devorah Dimant -- Hayim Lapin -- Kenneth G. Holum.



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Bible.--Old Testament
Monografica.--Judaismo--Historia--Hasta 70 D.C.


Religion and politics--Middle East.
Judaism--History--To 70 A.D.
Politics in the Bible.

BL1600 / .R455 1996 BL1600