Author: Neal H. WallsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Goddess Anat in Ugaritic Myth
Author: Neal H. WallsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 280
Book Description
The Goddess Anat in Ugaritic Myth
Author: Neal H. WallsPublisher: Society of Biblical Literature
ISBN: 9781555407957
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Women in Ugarit and Israel
Author: Hennie J. MarsmanPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004493409
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 791
Book Description
In this volume the presupposition is investigated whether women in a polytheistic society had a better position than women in a monotheistic society. To this end the social and religious position of women in Ugarit according to its literary texts is compared to that of women in Israel according to the Hebrew Bible, while the wider context of the ancient Near East is also taken into consideration. After an overview of feminist biblical exegesis, the book discusses the roles of women in the family and in society. It also provides an analysis of the roles of women as religious specialists and as worshippers. Finally, the data on the position of women in the literary texts is compared to that in non-literary texts.
The Ugaritic Baal Cycle
Author: Mark S. SmithPublisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9789004099951
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
This volume provides a lengthy introduction and detailed translation and commentary for the first two tablets of the Baal Cycle, which witnesses to both the religious worldview of Ugarit and many of the formative religious concepts and images in the Bible.
The Violent Goddess
Author: Arvid Schou KapelrudPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Anat (Semitic Goddess)
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
Goddesses and the Divine Feminine
Author: Rosemary RuetherPublisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520250055
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 396
Book Description
"The scholarship in this book is superior, revealing a depth of insight and a scope of knowledge possible only from a scholar who has lived with the concerns of feminist theology for decades. Ruether is a gifted storyteller, and lucidly translates complex ideas and debates. This work is of the highest importance, and Ruether asks the right questions at the right time. The text is groundbreaking."—Nancy Pineda-Madrid, Saint Mary's College of California "Ruether has provided a valuable introduction to an important feminist topic: what can we know about sacred female imagery in Western culture? She guides us through contemporary feminist scholarship, providing engaging narrative, and venturing her own interpretations. Ruether calls for feminists to move beyond divisions created by our different interpretations of prehistory and work together towards our common project of a more peaceful, just, and ecological world."—Carol Hepokoski, Meadville Lombard Theological School
The Many Faces of the Goddess
Author: Izak CorneliusPublisher: Saint-Paul
ISBN: 9783727814853
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
There are a multitude of female figures represented in the art of the ancient Near East and it has often been proved difficult to differentiate them. This study presents a collection of visual source material on godesses from Egypt, Ugarit, Syria and Palestine from c,1500 to 1000 BC. An introduction to the subject and previous research precedes a discussion of iconographic types (armed, seated, standing, equestrian and named women holding objects) and media (including reliefs, seals and amulets, bronze figurines, ivories and ostraca). Cornelius devises a typology of attributes for the goddess Anat, Astarte, Qedeshet and Asherah in order to define their individual qualities and provide a means by which these goddesses can be differentiated. Includes a large descriptive catalogue.
The Tale of Aqhat
Author: Goddesses in Myth and Cultural Memory
Author: Emilie KutashPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 0567697401
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 257
Book Description
How have the goddesses of ancient myth survived, prevalent even now as literary and cultural icons? How do allegory, symbolic interpretation, and political context transform the goddess from her regional and individual identity into a goddess of philosophy and literature? Emilie Kutash explores these questions, beginning from the premise that cultural memory, a collective cultural and social phenomenon, can last thousands of years. Kutash demonstrates a continuing practice of interpreting and allegorizing ancient myths, tracing these goddesses of archaic origin through history. Chapters follow the goddesses from their ancient near eastern prototypes, to their place in the epic poetry, drama and hymns of classical Greece, to their appearance in Platonic and Neoplatonic philosophy, Medieval allegory, and their association with Christendom. Finally, Kutash considers how goddesses were made into Jungian archetypes, and how some contemporary feminists made them a counterfoil to male divinity, thereby addressing the continued role of goddesses in perpetuating gender binaries.
Stories from Ancient Canaan
Author: Michael David CooganPublisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664241841
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Contained on fifteen of the cuneiform tables uncovered at the ancient Canaanite city of Ugarit are the four major oral Ugartic myths of Aqhat, The Healers, Kirta and Baal. Stories from Ancient Canaan is the first to offer a one-volume translation of all four. This accessible book teaches the principal Canaanite religious literature, and will be useful to students of the history of religion, of the Bible, and of comparative literature.