The Origins of Early Semitic Ritual

by Samuel Henry Hooke

Book Overview

In these lectures an attempt is made to relate the ritual practices of the Hebrews, as contained in the Old Testament, to the larger field of the elaborate rituals of Mesopotamian civilization, and to what we know of the early ritual of Canaan. . . . The first lecture is devoted to a survey of the sources from which our knowledge of Mesopotamian ritual is derived and to a description of the general character of the most important types of Mesopotamian...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1556353715
• ISBN13: 9781556353710
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 86 Pages
• Weight: 0.32 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.4" x 9.0"