Gods in the desert
Subtitle: religions of the ancient Near East
By: Glenn S. Holland.
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780742562264; 9780742599796
Subjects: Mythology, Middle Eastern; Middle East -- Religion
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Religion and its characteristic expression; title: Egypt : historical survey; title: Egypt : the gods and the world they made; title: Egypt : the king and royal power; title: Egypt : the world of the dead; title: Egypt : the human world; title: Mesopotamia : historical survey; title: Mesopotamia : the gods and the world they made; title: Mesopotamia : the world of kings and heroes; title: Mesopotamia : the world of the dead; title: Mesopotamia : the human world; title: Syria-Palestine; title: Syria-Palestine : historical survey; title: Syria-Palestine : the gods and the world they made; title: Syria-Palestine : kings and prophets; title: Syria-Palestine : suffering and death; title: Syria-Palestine : the human world; title: Change and continuity in the Hellenistic Age.