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    Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and

    Israel
    Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious Life
    Karel van der Toorn

    · March 1996 This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian,
    · ISBN: 9789004104105
    · Hardback (viii, 491 pp. ) Syrian, and Israelite civilizations. On the basis of a wealth of documents from both the
    · List price: €243.- / $317.- private and the literary realm, the book gives an exhaustive description and analysis of
    · Language: English
    the rites of the ancestor cult and the devotion to local gods. The author demonstrates
    · Studies in the History and Culture
    of the Ancient Near East, 7 the role of these two aspects of family religion in the identity construction of its
    · Imprint: BRILL followers. The section dealing with Israel pays particular attention to the relationship
    between family religion and state religion. The emergence of the state religion under
    Subject King Saul marked the beginning of a competition between civil and private religion.
    Ancient Near East and Egypt › Religion Though the two had great influence upon each other, the tension between them was
    never resolved. A study of their interaction proves to be a key for the understanding of
    E-Book the development of Israelite religion during the monarchic period.
    booksandjournals.brillonline.com The book is of particular importance to biblical scholars, Assyriologists, and all those
    offers online access to Brill's interested in the history of ancient Near Eastern religion.
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