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Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia
£22.80
One of the world’s foremost experts on Assyriology, Jean Bottéro has studied the religion of ancient Mesopotamia for more than fifty years. Building on these many years of research, Bottéro here presents the definitive account of one of the world’s oldest known religions. He shows how ancient Mesopotamian religion was practiced both in the public and private spheres, how it developed over the three millennia of its active existence, and how it profoundly influenced Western civilization, including the Hebrew Bible.
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| Publisher | New edition (1 Sept. 2004), University of Chicago Press |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Paperback | 260 pages |
| ISBN-10 | 0226067181 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0226067186 |
| Dimensions | 23.22 x 14.38 x 1.63 cm |
by Rackham ranter
one of the classics of ancient near east studies so a little dated now; his style is a bit condescending ‘how could these poor ancient people have understood anything better..?’ Also I found it a bit wordy – the key part of the book is the middle chapters which could usefully be edited. Timely for someone to revisit the territory anew and write a more up to date text, I think