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Author:

Holland, Glenn Stanfield, 1952-

Title:

Gods in the desert : religions of the ancient Near East / Glenn S. Holland.

Publisher:

Rowman & Littlefield Publishers,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

xxx, 309 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Middle East--Religion.
Mythology, Middle Eastern.
Godsdienst.
Noord-Afrika.
Midden-Oosten.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Introduction : religion and its characteristic expression -- Egypt : historical survey -- Egypt : the gods and the world they made -- Egypt : the king and royal power -- Egypt : the world of the dead -- Egypt : the human world -- Mesopotamia : historical survey -- Mesopotamia : the gods and the world they made -- Mesopotamia : the world of kings and heroes -- Mesopotamia : the world of the dead -- Mesopotamia : the human world -- Syria-Palestine : historical survey -- Syria-Palestine : the gods and the world they made -- Syria-Palestine : kings and prophets -- Syria-Palestine : suffering and death -- Syria-Palestine : the human world -- Conclusion : change and continuity in the Hellenistic Age.

ISBN:

0742562263 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780742562264 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)297206895

LCCN:

2009009444

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

PLAX964 -- Luther College - Preus Library (Decorah)

UDAX314 -- Charles C. Myers Library (Dubuque)

N2AX314 -- Divine Word College - Matthew Jacoby Library (Epworth)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

PYAX423 -- ECC - Osgood Library (Iowa Falls)

UTAX115 -- Buena Vista University Library (Storm Lake)