Women and Religion in the Ancient Near East and Asia

by Nicole Maria Brisch and Fumi Karahashi

The recent years have seen an upswing in studies of women in the ancient Near East and related areas. This volume, which is the result of a Danish-Japanese collaboration, seeks to highlight women as actors within the sphere of the religious. In ancient Mesopotamia and other ancient civilizations, religious beliefs and practices permeated all aspects of society, and for this reason it is not possible to completely dissociate religion from politics,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501518615
• ISBN13: 9781501518614
• Release Date: April 2023
• Publisher: de Gruyter
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 1.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"