Dealing With Resheph

Download or read book The God Resheph in the Ancient Near East written by Maciej M. Münnich and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2013 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resheph was quite a popular god in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BC - especially in Syria - but during the 1st millennium his cult became extinct. Finally it was only maintained in several peripheral and isolated sites, such as in the Palmyra desert and in Cyprus. Maciej M. Munnich presents the written sources which mentioned Resheph and analyzes the features of Resheph's cult. He emphasizes that there is no confirmation for the theory that Resheph was a lord of the netherworld. Resheph was a belligerent, aggressive god who used diseases to attack people, but who could also heal. Because of the long period of the cult and the geographical range, one can notice some local features: In Egypt, for instance, Resheph originally was venerated as the deity supporting the Pharaoh in battles, but then he was summoned mainly because of illness and everyday needs.

Download or read book Resheph written by Edward Lipiński and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The excavations of the last eighty years, especially at Ugarit, Ebla, and Emar, have accumulated an exceptional amount of source material referring to the Syro-Canaanite god Resheph, whose history can now be followed during three thousand years. Chapter I deals with Resheph in the Ebla texts, already witnessing his assimilation to the Mesopotamian god Nergal, while Chapter II is dedicated to his consort Adamma. Western Asiatic sources of the second millennium B.C., in particular those from Mari, Ugarit, Ras Ibn Hani, and Emar, are presented in Chapter III, while Chapter IV concerns the Syro-Canaanite iconography of Resheph. His cult in Egypt during the second millennium B.C. is examined in Chapter V, while Chapters VI and VII deal with the first millennium B.C. and the later references to Resheph in midrashic literature. Aramaic, Phoenician, Hebrew, Egyptian, and Greek sources are surveyed in detail with a particular attention to biblical texts. Several indices help using the extensive onomastic and cultic data collected in the book, always with references to the original or most recent publications of the pertinent epigraphic, literary, and iconographic material.

Download or read book Biblical and Related Studies Presented to Samuel Iwry written by Ann Kort and published by Eisenbrauns. This book was released on 1985 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Samuel Iwry has enjoyed a long and distinguished career as professor in the Department of Near Eastern Studies at the Johns Hopkins University, and professor and dean of the Baltimore Hebrew College. It is an altogether fitting tribute to Prof. Iwry's achievements, as both scholar and teacher, that his many colleagues and friends have joined together to produce this festschrift in his honor.

Download or read book Mekal, the God of Beth-Shan written by Thomas L Thompson and published by BRILL. This book was released on 1970 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dictionary of the Bible, Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents, Including the Biblical Theology: Kir-Pleiades written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 926 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Mekal written by Henry O. Thompson and published by Brill Archive. This book was released on 1970 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book A Dictionary of the Bible, Dealing with Its Language, Literature, and Contents, Including the Biblical Theology: Pleroma-Zuzim written by James Hastings and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: