The Storm-God in the Ancient Near East
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The Storm-God in the Ancient Near East

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The Storm-God in the Ancient Near East

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In this comprehensive study of a common deity found in the ancient Near East as well as many other cultures, Green brings together evidence from the worlds of myth, iconography, and literature in an attempt to arrive at a new synthesis regarding the place of the Storm-god. He finds that the Storm-god was the force primarily responsible for three major areas of human concern: (1) religious power because he was the ever-dominant environmental force upon which peoples depended for their very lives; (2) centralized political power; and (3) continuously evolving sociocultural processes, which typically were projected through the Storm-god’s attendants. Green traces these motifs through the Mesopotamian, Anatolian, Syrian, and Levantine regions; with regard to the latter, he argues that Yahweh of the Bible can be identified as a storm-god, though certain unique characteristics came to be associated with him: he was the Creator of all that is created and the self-existing god who needs no other.

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Publisher
Eisenbrauns
Year
2003
ISBN
9781575065373
Topic
History
Subtopic
Ancient History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. COVER front
  2. Copyright Page
  3. Table of Contents
  4. Acknowledgments
  5. Introduction
  6. Chapter 1: Mesopotamia: The Land between Two Rivers
  7. Chapter 2: The Highlands of Anatolia
  8. Chapter 3: Syria The Upper Country
  9. Chapter 4: Coastal Canaan: A Land Bridge between the Continents
  10. Chapter 5: The Storm- God and His Associates Summary and Conclusions
  11. Bibliography
  12. Index of Scripture
  13. Index of Authors
  14. Index of Personal Names
  15. Index of Divine Names and Epithets
  16. Index of Places
  17. Index of Topics