Subject of this book is the god Dagan (biblical Dagon), the principal deity of the Middle Euphrates region. Lluís Feliu, carefully analysing the sources from Ebla and Mari for the third millennium, from Mari for the Old Babylonian period and from Emar and Ugarit for the Middle Babylonian period, here gives a meticulous diachronic survey of the divine subject. A final chapter summarizes the results in describing the character of Dagan, his origin and his area of influence. Of particular interest to Assyriologists, to biblical scholars and to comparative religionists.
Format: Hardback
CONTRIBUTORS: Lluís Feliu
EAN: 9789004131583
COUNTRY: Netherlands
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PUBLISHED BY: Brill
DATE PUBLISHED: 2003-07-09
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GENRE: ARCHITECTURE / Interior Design / General, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, RELIGION / Comparative Religion
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Christianity, Criticism and exegesis of sacred texts
Lluís Feliu, Ph.D. (2000) in Ancient History, University of Barcelona, is currently a research scholar in the Institute of Ancient Near Eastern Studies in the University of Barcelona.
