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Athtart The Transmission and Transformation of a Goddess in the Late Bronze Age

:	Aren M. Wilson-Wright
:	Athtart The Transmission and Transformation of a Goddess in the Late Bronze Age
:	Mohr Siebeck
:	9783161550119
:	Forschungen zum Alten Testament 2. Reihe
:	1
:	CHF 56.80
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:	Christentum
:	English

:	194
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In this book, Aren M. Wilson-Wright proposes a new model for studying gods in the Ancient Near East. The key insight of this model is that the roles, functions, and representations of deities correspond to the daily routines of their worshippers. Soldiers, for example, tend to worship martial gods, while farmers tend to worship agricultural gods. The author then illustrates the utility of this model by applying it to a detailed study of the goddess Athtart at three Late Bronze Age sites: Egypt, Emar, and Ugarit. In the process, he demonstrates that multiple, distinct forms of Athtart existed at all three sites in the Late Bronze Age, each corresponding to the daily routines of different social groups. He also considers the effect of daily routines on the transmission of Athtart.

Born 1988; 2016 PhD in Hebrew Bible at the University of Texas at Austin; currently a postdoctoral researcher and habilitation candidate at Universität Zürich.

	Cover	1
	Preface	8
	Table of Contents	10
	List of Abbreviations	12
	List of Illustrations and Tables	17
	Chapter 1: Introduction	18
	A. Review of Previous Scholarship	20
	B. A New Method for the Study of Deities	29
	C. The Development and Etymology of ?A?tar- and ?A?tart-	33
	Chapter 2: Athtart in Egypt	44
	A. Review of Previous Scholarship	45
	B. The Linguistic Data	48
	C. The Equestrian Forms of Athtar(t)	54
	D. Adaptation of the Equestrian Forms of Athtar(t)	68
	E. Syrian Athtar and the “Magico-Medical” Athtart	79
	F. Summary and Conclusion	87
	Chapter 3: Athtart at Emar	89
	A. The History of Emar	90
	B. The Linguistic Data	93
	C. Evidence for Agricultural Forms of Aštart	96
	D. Evidence for Urban Forms of Aštart	105
	E. The Coexistence of Agricultural and Urban Forms of Aštart	119
	F. Summary and Conclusion	120
	G. Excursus: Other Forms of Aštart at Emar	121
	Chapter 4: Athtart at Ugarit	124
	A. Ritual Transmission and the King	125
	B. Orality and Literacy in the Ugaritic Language	138
	C. Verbal Transmission, Cult Singers, and Scribes	142
	D. Other Forms of Athtart at Ugarit	155
	E. Summary and Conclusion	159
	Chapter 5: Conclusion	161
	A. Further Case Studies	163
	B. Theoretical Expansions	165
	Bibliography	170
	Index of References	186
	Akkadian	186
	Ancient South Arabian	187
	Aramaic	187
	Egyptian	187
	Ge’ez	187
	Greek	187
	Hebrew (Biblical Citations)	187
	Hittite	188
	Moabite	188
	Phoenician	188
	Sumerian	188
	Ugaritic	188
	Index of Modern Authors	190
	Index of Subjects	193