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Desire, Discord and Death: Approaches to Near Eastern Myth

East of the Jordan: Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures

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Desire, Discord and Death: Approaches to Ancient Near Eastern Myth
ASOR Books volume 8
Neal Walls

The three essays presented in this volume reveal the symbolic complexity and poetic vision of ancient Near Eastern mythology. Through the application of contemporary methods of literary analysis, the author explores the interrelated themes of erotic desire, divine conflict, and death's realm in selected ancient Mesopotamian and Egyptian mythological narratives. Topics include the construction of desire in the Gilgamesh epic, a psychoanalytic approach to "The Contendings of Horus and Seth," and gender and the exercise of power in the stormy romance of Nergal and Ereshkigal. Walls' fresh treatment of these three important myths brings them to life for the specialist and mythology buff alike.

"Neal Walls' critically informed readings of ancient Near Eastern myths are novel, insightful and very smart. This book is a must for anyone interested in the literature and religions of the ancient Near East." -Jerrold S. Cooper, Professor of Near Eastern Studies at The Johns Hopkins University.

"A feast of erudition and insight!" -Laurie L. Patton, Associate Professor of Early Indian Religions and Chair, Department of Religion, Emory University.

ISBN: 0-89757-055-3; 056-1
viii + 212 pages
$29.95 (paper); $54.95 (cloth)

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"East of the Jordan": Territories and Sites of the Hebrew Scriptures
Burton MacDonald
ASOR Books vol. 6

This volume is a convenient tool for all those interested in the location of territories and sites attested in the Bible as "East of the Jordan," i.e., in what is now The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. It presents the history of the identification of each biblical site and suggests the most likely location based on information provided by the biblical text, extra-biblical literary information, toponymic considerations, and archaeology. The volume treats all territories and sites of the Hebrew Scriptures in Transjordan, from the "Cities of the Plains" (e.g., Sodom and Gomorrah), the Exodus itineraries, and the territories and sites of the Israelite tribes (Reuben, Gad, and half Manasseh), to Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Gilead.

ISBN: 0-89757-031-6
viii + 286 pages
$29.95 (paper)

 

 

 

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