The pagan god : popular religion in the Greco-Roman Near East /
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 traditiona...
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Princeton, N.J. :
Princeton University Press,
©1977.
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| Series: | Princeton legacy library.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- One. POPULAR RELIGION IN THE GRECO-ROMAN NEAR EAST
- Two. PHOENICIAN AND SYRIAN DEITIES
- Three. DEITIES OF NORTH ARABIA
- Four. THE SUPREME GOD OF PALMYRA
- Five. PAGAN RELIGIOSITY
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES
- GENERAL INDEX
- Backmatter
