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Feliu, Lluís

The God Dagan in Bronze Age Syria / Lluís Feliu. - 1 online resource. - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495 Culture and History of the Ancient Near East ; 19 . - Brill Book Archive Part 1, ISBN: 9789004472495. Culture and History of the Ancient Near East ; 19. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subject of this book is the god Dagan (biblical Dagon), the principal deity of the Middle Euphrates region. Lluís Feliu, carefully analysing the sources from Ebla and Mari for the third millennium, from Mari for the Old Babylonian period and from Emar and Ugarit for the Middle Babylonian period, here gives a meticulous diachronic survey of the divine subject. A final chapter summarizes the results in describing the character of Dagan, his origin and his area of influence. Of particular interest to Assyriologists, to biblical scholars and to comparative religionists.

ISBN: 9789004496316 9789004131583

Standard No.: 10.1163/9789004496316 DOI

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Subjects--Topical Terms:
Bronze age--Syria.
Dagan (Semitic deity)
Bronze age--Syria.
Dagan (Semitic deity)

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Syria--Religion.

LC Class. No.: BL1605.D33

Dewey Class. No.: 299/.2