The revival of the Anu cult and the nocturnal fire ceremony at late Babylonian Uruk /

The revival of the Anu cult and the nocturnal fire ceremony at late Babylonian Uruk /

In The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk , Julia Krul offers a comprehensive study of the rise of the sky god Anu as patron deity of Uruk in the Late Babylonian period (ca. 480-100 B.C.). She reconstructs the historical development of the Anu cult, its u...

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Main Author: Krul, Julia.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden : Brill. c2018.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 95.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2018, ISBN: 9789004353275.

Subjects:

Rites and ceremonies > Iraq.
Assyro-Babylonian religion.
Cults.
Religion.
Rites and ceremonies.
Iraq > Religion.
Iraq.

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Call Number: BL1620 .K78 2018

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Table of Contents:
  • Front Matter
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • The Historical Background of the Anu Cult
  • Theological and Ideological Aspects of the Anu Cult
  • The Tablet (AO 6460) and the Text (TU 41)
  • The Ritual's Calendrical Setting
  • Analysis of TU 41
  • Interpretation of TU 41
  • Summary
  • Figures
  • Back Matter
  • Bibliography.