Family Religion in Babylonia, Syria and Israel: Continuity and Change in the Forms of Religious LifeBRILL, 14/08/2023 This volume deals with the religious practices of the family in the ancient Babylonian, Syrian, and Israelite civilizations. On the basis of a wealth of documents from both the private and the literary realm, the book gives an exhaustive description and analysis of the rites of the ancestor cult and the devotion to local gods. The author demonstrates the role of these two aspects of family religion in the identity construction of its 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 King Saul marked the beginning of a competition between civil and private 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 the development of Israelite religion during the monarchic period. The book is of particular importance to biblical scholars, Assyriologists, and all those interested in the history of ancient Near Eastern religion. |
المحتوى
1 Introduction | 1 |
THE FORMS AND FUNCTIONS OF FAMILY RELIGION | 9 |
THE CONTINUITY OF FAMILY RELIGION | 149 |
FROM FAMILY RELIGION TO PERSONAL DEVOTION | 179 |
PART FOUR ABBREVIATIONS BIBLIOGRAPHY INDICES | 381 |
STUDIES IN THE HISTORY AND CULTURE OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST | 493 |
طبعات أخرى - عرض جميع المقتطفات
عبارات ومصطلحات مألوفة
Akkadian Alten Amorite Amos Amurrum ancestor cult Ancient Near East archaeological Aššur Assyrian awilum Baal Babylonian family bêt Bethel Bible biblical Canaanite Chapter Charpin clan cultic Dagan dead deity Deuteronomy devotion dingir divine early Israelite Ebla Elijah Elisha Elohist Emar Ephraim Ephraimite evidence exodus tradition fact family religion father Genesis Gibeah Gibeon goddess gods Hebrew hill country Hosea identified identity incantation inheritance inscription interpretation Iron Age Israel Israelite Ištar Jacob Jeremiah Jerusalem Judah Judahite Judges king kinship land Larsa Leiden letter Levites Lugalbanda Marduk mentioned Mesopotamian millennium mišpāḥâ Moses muškēnum narrative Neukirchener Northern Kingdom Nuzi Old Babylonian Omrides political priests prophets Rechabites referred religious ritual role royal sacrifice Samaria Šamaš Samuel sanctuary Saul Saul's seal servant settlements shrine Sîn Sippar social suggests Sumerian temple teraphim term Testament texts theophoric Toorn Ugaritic worship Yahweh