The treasures of darkness : a history of Mesopotamian religion / Thorkild Jacobsen.
Material type: TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, 1976.Description: 273 pages : illustrations ; 25 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0300018444
- 299.15
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Book - 7-day loan | CYA Library Main Collection | 299.15 JAC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 00000011344 |
Browsing CYA Library shelves, Shelving location: Main Collection Close shelf browser (Hides shelf browser)
No cover image available | No cover image available | |||||||
297.822 LEW The Assassins : | 299.1 MAR Minoan religion : | 299.1 MAR Minoan religion : | 299.15 JAC The treasures of darkness : | 299.21 IND The induction of the cult image in ancient Mesopotamia : the Mesopotamian Mis Pi ritual / | 299.219 BRI The Babylonian legends of the creation and the fight between Bel and the dragon / | 299.31 BUD Egyptian religion / |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Ancient Mesopotamian religion: the terms -- Fourth millennium metaphors. The gods as providers: dying gods of fertility -- Third millennium metaphors. The gods as rulers: the cosmos a polity -- Third millennium metaphors. The gods as rulers: individual divine figures -- Second millennium metaphors. The gods as parents: rise of personal religion -- Second millennium metaphors. World origins and world order: the creation epic -- Second millennium metaphors. "And death the journey's end": the Gilgamesh epic.