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Author Allen, Spencer, author.

Title The splintered divine : a study of Ishtar, Baal, and Yahweh divine names and divine multiplicity in the ancient Near East / Spencer Allen.

Publication Info. Boston : De Gruyter, [2015]
2015

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Description 1 online resource (479 pages) : maps.
text rdacontent
computer rdamedia
online resource rdacarrier
Series Studies in ancient Near Eastern records, 2161-4415 ; volume 5
Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; v. 5.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "This book investigates the issue of the singularity versus the multiplicity of ancient Near Eastern deities who are known by a common first name but differentiated by their last names, or geographic epithets. It focuses primarily on the Ishtar divine names in Mesopotamia, Baal names in the Levant, and Yahweh names in Israel"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Description based on print version record.
Subject Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity)
Baal (Canaanite deity)
God -- Name -- Comparative studies.
God (Judaism) -- Name.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Allen, Spencer. Splintered divine : a study of Ishtar, Baal, and Yahweh divine names and divine multiplicity in the ancient Near East. Boston : De Gruyter, [2015] Studies in ancient Near Eastern records ; volume 5 9781614512936
ISBN 9781614512936 (hardcover : alk. paper)
9781614512363 (electronic bk.)

 
    
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