An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamian Religion (Paperback) By (author) Tammi J. Schneider

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Title

An Introduction to Ancient Mesopotamian Religion

Authors and contributors

By (author) Tammi J. Schneider

Physical properties

Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 160
Width: 154 mm
Height: 230 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight: 227 g

Audience

General/trade
College/higher education

Language

English

ISBN

ISBN 13: 9780802829597
ISBN 10: 0802829597

Classifications

BISAC category code: REL017000
BISAC category code: HIS026000
Dewey: 299.21
BICMainSubject: HRAX
BIC geographical qualifier: 1FBQ
BIC time period qualifier: 3D
Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.1
BICMainSubject: HBLA

Illustrations note

Illustrations, maps

Publisher

William B Eerdmans Publishing Co

Imprint name

William B Eerdmans Publishing Co

Publication date

01 August 2011

Publication City/Country

Grand Rapids/US

Review quote

Tammi Schneider has done us all a great service by writing this attractive overview of Mesopotamian religions. The book is encyclopedic in the best sense of the word: comprehensive, reliable, in-depth, and up-to-date, with notes that invite further inspection. It should be useful to students learning about the cultures of the ancient world as well as to teachers in allied specialties. Both length and price are just right. Jack M. Sasson Vanderbilt University Schneider?'s state-of-the-art introduction is bound to become a standard textbook on Mesopotamian religion. Karel van der Toorn University of Amsterdam Scholars of the ancient Near East have only recently begun to attempt syntheses of their material for the public. Not only does Tammi Schneider take the very complicated topic of Mesopotamian religion and make it understandable to the beginning student, but she also provides a solid framework for understanding the wider context of the Judeo-ChristianB