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Women and Religion in the Ancient Near East and Asia
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Edited by:
Nicole Maria Brisch
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
2023
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"These articles highlight the place of women and their agency in the religious sphere and the role of important goddesses. [...] They offer useful syntheses, and the editors merit praise for compiling this important volume." (Brigite Lion, The Journal of Religion 2025, p. 390–391).
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Frontmatter
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Foreword and Acknowledgements
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Contents
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Introduction
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Women’s History and Gender History in Japan
11 - Part I: Businesswomen, Empresses, and Royal Women
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Socio-Economic Aspects and Agency of Female Maš-da-ri-a Contributors in Presargonic Lagash
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The Role of Women in Assyrian Foreign Policy
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Women Involved in Daily Management in Achaemenid Babylonia: The Cases of Rē’indu and Andiya
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Wu Zetian’s Buddhist Policy: A New Perspective
81 - Part II: Priestesses
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The Office and Responsibilities of the En Priestess of Nanna: Evidence from Votive Inscriptions and Documentary Texts
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High Priestesses in Old Babylonian Nippur: The NIN and NIN-dingir Priestesses of Ninurta
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Hittite Royal Ideology and the Uniqueness of the Priestess Titled NIN.DINGIR
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The Roles of Women in the Practice of Ancient Mesopotamian Divination
163 - Part III: Goddesses
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Enheduana’s Invocations: Form and Force
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On Language, Gender, Sex, and Style in the Sumerian Language
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Venomous Scorpions and Venerable Women: The Relationship Between Scorpions, the Goddess Išḫara, and Queens in the Neo-Assyrian Period
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The Networks of Ashtart-Aphrodite and the Archaic Mediterranean Koiné
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The Lioness Goddess Statuary from the Rock-Cut Chambers at Northwest Saqqara and Their Cult in Middle Kingdom Egypt
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Index
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Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
April 3, 2023
eBook ISBN:
9781501514821
Hardcover published on:
April 3, 2023
Hardcover ISBN:
9781501518614
Paperback published on:
November 4, 2024
Paperback ISBN:
9781501523601
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
300
Illustrations:
9
Coloured Illustrations:
18
Tables:
5
eBook ISBN:
9781501514821
Hardcover ISBN:
9781501518614
Paperback ISBN:
9781501523601
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