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| Other authors / contributors: | Smith, Mark S., 1955- honouree.
Russell, Stephen C., editor.
Hamori, Esther J., editor.
Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East, issuing body.
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| ISBN: | 9789004437678
9004437673
9789004437661
9004437665
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| Notes: | "Harvard Museum of the Ancient Near East Publications."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 08, 2022).
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| Summary: | "Mighty Baal: Essays in Honor of Mark S. Smith is the first edited collection devoted to the study of the ancient Near Eastern god Baal. Although the Bible depicts Baal as powerless, the combined archaeological, iconographic, and literary evidence makes it clear that Baal was worshipped throughout the Levant as a god whose powers rivalled any deity. Mighty Baal brings together eleven essays written by scholars working in North America, Europe, and Israel. Essays in part one focus on the main collection of Ugaritic tablets describing Baal's exploits, the Baal Cycle. Essays in part two treat Baal's relationships to other deities. Together, the essays offer a rich portrait of Baal and his cult from a variety of methodological perspectives"--
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| Other form: | Print version: Mighty Baal. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2020] 9789004437661
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