05766cam a2200877Mi 4500 ocn908077218 OCoLC 20200709060342.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 150509s2015 mau ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ YDXCP N$T OCLCF IDK OCLCQ OCLCO OCLCA OCL AGLDB ICA UAB MOR PIFAG ZCU XFH MERUC OCLCQ COO OCLCQ OCLCO DEGRU DEBBG GWDNB CHVBK DEBSZ U3W 1101867094 DE-101 1114195057 DE-101 910817087 927944961 936861248 958095533 973366039 979905951 992925195 994388432 9781614512363 1614512361 9781501500220 1501500228 9781614512936 1614512930 10.1515/9781614512363 doi 984204 (N$T) (OCoLC)908077218 (OCoLC)910817087 (OCoLC)927944961 (OCoLC)936861248 (OCoLC)958095533 (OCoLC)973366039 (OCoLC)979905951 (OCoLC)992925195 (OCoLC)994388432 BL473 .A45 2015 BL lcco OCC 033000 bisacsh REL 070000 bisacsh REL 102000 bisacsh 202.1109394 MAIN Allen, Spencer L. The Splintered Divine : a Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2015. 1 online resource (480 pages). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) ; v. 5 Print version record. 0 Introduction; 0.1 Ištar-of-Nineveh and Ištar-of-Arbela; 0.2 Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity; 0.3 Outline and Method; 1 Considering Multiplicity and Defining Deity; 1.1 An Early History of Identifying and Equating Divine Names; 1.2 Toward Minimizing Multiplicity; 1.3 Toward Maximizing Multiplicity; 1.4 Agency, Names, Offerings, and Rituals; 1.5 Conclusions; Excursus: "Syncretism"; 2 Comparative Insights; 2.1 The Multiple Manifestations of the Madonna; 2.2 Hittite Multiplicity; 2.3 Conclusions. 3 The Divine Hierarchy and Embedded God Lists (EGLs)3.1 Moving Away from Lexical God Lists; 3.2 The Last Are Least; 3.3 Building Composite God Lists; 3.4 Witness-List Traditions; 3.5 Personal and Royal Correspondence; 3.6 Cultic Texts and EGLs; 3.7 Implications for the Present Study; 4 The Ištar Goddesses of Neo-Assyria; 4.1 The Ištar Goddesses by Several Other Names and Titles; 4.2 Theological Speculations about Ištar Goddesses; 4.3 The Goddess at Nineveh; 4.4 The Goddess at Arbela; 4.5 Who is Mullissu, and when is she Mullissu?; 4.6 Assyrian-Ištar; 4.8 Conclusions. 5 Geographic Epithets in the West5.1 The Baal Deities of Ugarit; 5.2 Baal-of-Ugarit and the other Baal Deities at Ugarit; 5.3 Baal: Epithet or Name?; 5.4 The Baal Deities of the First Millennium; 5.5 Why is a Baal Deity's Geography Important?; 5.6 First-millennium Goddesses in Northwest Semitic Texts; 5.7 Conclusions; 6 A Kuntillet 'Ajrud Awakening; 6.1 "Hear, O Israel, Yahweh//our-God"; 6.2 The Geographic Origin of Yahweh: Teman; 6.3 Yahweh and the Kingdom of Israel: Samaria; 6.4 Yahweh and the Kingdom of Judah: Zion and the Hosts; 6.5 Yahweh and the bet-Locative; 6.6 Conclusions. 7 Conclusions7.1 Summary; 7.2 Implications; Bibliography; Maps; Appendix: Tables 1.1-7.1; Indices; Primary Texts Index; General Index. "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. Includes bibliographical references (pages 321-341) and indexes. English. Master record variable field(s) change: 650 Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) fast (OCoLC)fst00979754 God Name Comparative studies. Baal (Canaanite deity) God (Judaism) Name. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Gaia & Earth Energies. bisacsh RELIGION Christianity General. bisacsh RELIGION Theology. bisacsh Baal (Canaanite deity) fast (OCoLC)fst01773285 God (Judaism) Name. fast (OCoLC)fst00944164 God Name. fast (OCoLC)fst00944087 Ancient Near Eastern Studies. History. Religion, Religionsphilosophie. Electronic books. Comparative studies. fast (OCoLC)fst01423767 Druckausg.: Allen, Spencer L. Splintered divine. Print version: Allen, Spencer L. Splintered Divine : A Study of Istar, Baal, and Yahweh Divine Names and Divine Multiplicity in the Ancient Near East. Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, ©2015 9781614512936 Studies in Ancient Near Eastern Records (SANER) EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=984204 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1174176 EBSCOhost EBSC 984204 YBP Library Services YANK 10816914 YBP Library Services YANK 12012386 De Gruyter DEGR 9781614512363 92 N$T 56209 56209