that the similarities between these religions indicate that the religions are related, a belief known as patternism. Many religions of the ancient near East...
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The ancient Near East was the home of early civilizations within a region roughly corresponding to the modern Middle East: Mesopotamia (modern Iraq, southeast...
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Ancient religion may refer to: Prehistoric religion Paleolithic religion Neolithic religion Bronze and Iron Age religion: Religions of the ancient Near...
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Ancient Semitic religion encompasses the polytheistic religions of the Semitic peoples from the ancient Near East and Northeast Africa. Since the term...
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symbols. The earliest cities in history were in the ancient Near East, an area covering roughly that of the modern Middle East: its history began in the 4th...
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Ancient Near East studies (or ANE studies) is the field of academic study of the ancient Near East (ANE). As such it is an umbrella term for Assyriology...
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to fourth century) Ancient Mesopotamian religion Assyrian religion Religions of the ancient Near East Sumerian religion Tower of Babel Zoroastrianism...
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- Book of Samuel Humbaba - Ancient Mesopotamian religion Krun - Mandaeism Marid Nephilim Nimrod - Genesis & Books of Chronicles Og - Book of Numbers...
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Hebrew religion may refer to: Canaanite religion Judaism Ancient Semitic religion Hebrew mythology (disambiguation) Religions of the ancient Near East This...
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of ancient Mesopotamia Religions of the ancient Near East Yazdânism Schneider 2011, p. 19–20. "Mesopotamian religion". Britannica. Archived from the original...
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Hadad (redirect from Hadad (ancient Middle Eastern religions))
(Sumerian) was the storm and rain god in the Canaanite and ancient Mesopotamian religions. He was attested in Ebla as "Hadda" in c. 2500 BCE. From the Levant...
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The Hurrian religion was the polytheistic religion of the Hurrians, a Bronze Age people of the Near East who chiefly inhabited the north of the Fertile...
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religion may refer to: Religions of the ancient Near East Sumerian religion Assyro-Babylonian religion Canaanite religion Ancient Egyptian religion Minoan...
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model of the Great Temple in Yeha. Ancient history of Yemen Ryckmans, Jacques (1992). "South Arabia, Religion of". In Freedman, D.N. (ed.). The Anchor...
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ISBN 978-0-14-044919-8 Holland, Glenn Stanfield (2009), Gods in the Desert: Religions of the Ancient Near East, Lanham, MD; Boulder, CO; New York; Toronto; and Plymouth...
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Nabu (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the New International Encyclopedia)
Britannica. Archived from the original on July 2, 2016. Retrieved August 4, 2019. Leick, Dr Gwendolyn (2002). A Dictionary of Ancient Near Eastern Mythology....
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the Ancient Canaanite religion from which it evolved and other religions of the ancient Near East, was based on a cult of ancestors and worship of family...
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monotheistic, most of the region's ancient traditions were polytheistic, including the Semitic religions, the Egyptian religion, the Greek religion, and various...
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Testament theology Religions of the ancient Near East Jacobs 2007, p. 511 quote: "Judaism, the religion, philosophy, and way of life of the Jews.". Sotah 7:2...
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to the Near East, and it is known to have had a Nabataean presence during the mid 1st century BCE. The cult continued in some capacity well into the Roman...
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Mesopotamian demon | Britannica". www.britannica.com. "Ancient Near East: Lamashtu". Archived from the original on 2004-10-30.[citation needed] "TUAT 2,2...
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Sumerian name given to the laws of the gods Mesopotamian myths Religions of the ancient Near East Sumerian literature – 18th–17th century BCE writings Zuism –...
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Dying-and-rising god (redirect from List of dying or rising deities)
resurrected. Examples of gods who die and later return to life are most often cited from the religions of the ancient Near East. The traditions influenced...
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Bel (mythology) (category Deities in the Hebrew Bible)
'lord' or 'master' applied to various gods in the Mesopotamian religion of Akkad, Assyria, and Babylonia. The feminine form is Bêlit ('Lady, Mistress') in...
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Ancient Egyptian religion was a complex system of polytheistic beliefs and rituals that formed an integral part of ancient Egyptian culture. It centered...
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Institute is a research organization and museum devoted to the study of the ancient Near East. April 13, 2011. Retrieved 2011-12-21. (Volume 11, N, part...
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Al-Uzza (section Influence in other religions)
Society in the Near East, 600-1800. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-58813-3. Burton, John (1977). The Collection of the Qur'an (the collection...
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Ancient near eastern (ANE) cosmology refers to the plurality of cosmological beliefs in the Ancient Near East covering the 4th millennium BC to the formation...
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of this school. Gnosticism Religions of the ancient Near East Baird: "A new approach to the study of the NT was advanced by the "history of religions"...
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Baalshamin (redirect from Baʿal of the Heavens)
The Religion of the Nabataeans: A Conspectus. BRILL. p. 124. ISBN 978-90-04-10754-0. Retrieved 21 June 2012. Pritchard, James B. (2016). Ancient Near Eastern...
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