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The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk (Hardcover) Loot Price: R3,599
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The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk (Hardcover): Julia Krul

The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk (Hardcover)

Julia Krul

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 95

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In The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk, Julia Krul offers a comprehensive study of the rise of the sky god Anu as patron deity of Uruk in the Late Babylonian period (ca. 480-100 B.C.). She reconstructs the historical development of the Anu cult, its underlying theology, and its daily rites of worship, with a particular focus on the yearly nocturnal fire ceremony at the Anu temple, the Bit Res. Providing the first in-depth analysis of the ceremony, Julia Krul convincingly identifies it as a seasonal renewal festival with an important exorcistic component, but also as a reinforcement of local hierarchical relationships and the elite status of the Anu priesthood. "With this study, Krul adds significantly to the research on Babylonian temple rituals in general, providing a useful methodology and survey of secondary sources....This book offers an excellent in-depth analysis of the nocturnal fire ceremony as it could have been celebrated at Hellenistic Uruk. It forms a good starting-point for comparison with and further study of other Late Babylonian rituals from both Uruk and Babylon." - Celine Debourse, Vienna, in: Wiener Zeitschrift fur die Kunde des Morgenlandes 109 (2019) "The book is essentially a commentary on a late cuneiform text from 3rd-century BCE Uruk describing a nocturnal sacrificial ritual held annually on the winter solstice (16 Tevet). The text itself is well known, having first been published by F. Thureau-Dangin in his classic work Rituels accadiens (1921), but this book is the most comprehensive far-reaching commentary on this important text, with valuable extraneous information [...]. There is much valuable data in this book regarding late Babylonian ritual practice, couched in an informative narrative." -Markham J. Geller, Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 43.5 (2019)

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Imprint: Brill
Country of origin: Netherlands
Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East, 95
Release date: April 2018
First published: 2018
Authors: Julia Krul
Dimensions: 235 x 155mm (L x W)
Format: Hardcover
Pages: 310
ISBN-13: 978-90-04-36493-6
Categories: Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > General
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > Religion & Spirituality > Non-Christian religions > Pre-Christian European & Mediterranean religions > General
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LSN: 90-04-36493-5
Barcode: 9789004364936

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