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Javier Teixidor has found evidence that belief in a supreme god developed during the first millennium B.C. The Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions he discusses indicate a trend toward monotheism that facilitated the spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The author concludes that the traditional characteristics of the popular religions were pr



Table of Contents
*Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*One. POPULAR RELIGION IN THE GRECO-ROMAN NEAR EAST, pg. 1*Two. PHOENICIAN AND SYRIAN DEITIES, pg. 19*Three. DEITIES OF NORTH ARABIA, pg. 62*Four. THE SUPREME GOD OF PALMYRA, pg. 100*Five. PAGAN RELIGIOSITY, pg. 143*ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES, pg. 165*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 175

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      Publisher: Princeton University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 08/03/2015
      ISBN13: 9780691616612, 978-0691616612
      ISBN10: 0691616612

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      Javier Teixidor has found evidence that belief in a supreme god developed during the first millennium B.C. The Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions he discusses indicate a trend toward monotheism that facilitated the spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The author concludes that the traditional characteristics of the popular religions were pr



      Table of Contents
      *Frontmatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix*PREFACE, pg. xi*One. POPULAR RELIGION IN THE GRECO-ROMAN NEAR EAST, pg. 1*Two. PHOENICIAN AND SYRIAN DEITIES, pg. 19*Three. DEITIES OF NORTH ARABIA, pg. 62*Four. THE SUPREME GOD OF PALMYRA, pg. 100*Five. PAGAN RELIGIOSITY, pg. 143*ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES, pg. 165*GENERAL INDEX, pg. 175

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