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From the tragic young Adonis to Zašhapuna, first among goddesses, this handbook provides the most complete information available on deities from the cultures and religions of the ancient Near East, including Anatolia, Syria, Israel, Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, and Elam. The result of nearly fifteen years of research, this handbook is more expansive and covers a wider range of sources and civilizations than any previous reference works on the topic. Arranged alphabetically, the entries range from multiple pages of information to a single line—sometimes all that we know about a given deity. Where possible, each record discusses the deity’s symbolism and imagery, connecting it to the myths, rituals, and festivals described in ancient sources. Many of the entries are accompanied by illustrations that aid in understanding the iconography, and they all include references to texts in which the god or goddess is mentioned.Appropriate for both trained scholars and nonacademic readers, this book collects centuries of Near Eastern mythology into one volume. It will be an especially valuable resource for anyone interested in Assyriology, ancient religion, and the ancient Near East.

Middle East --- Religion --- Adonis. --- Ancient Near East. --- Asherah. --- Astarte. --- Baal. --- Dumuzi. --- Ereshkigal. --- Gilgamesh. --- Gula. --- Inanna. --- Nanna Sin. --- Religion. --- Tanit. --- deities. --- gods and goddesses. --- myth. --- mythology. --- religious studies.

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"This book investigates the issue of the singularity versus the multiplicity of ancient Near Eastern deities who are known by a common first name but differentiated by their last names, or geographic epithets. It focuses primarily on the Ishtar divine names in Mesopotamia, Baal names in the Levant, and Yahweh names in Israel"--

God --- God (Judaism) --- Elohim --- Jehovah --- Yahveh --- Yahweh --- Yehovah --- Yhwh --- Metaphysics --- Misotheism --- Theism --- Name --- Name. --- Ishtar (Assyro-Babylonian deity) --- Baal --- Baal Shamen --- Baal Shemin --- Bel --- Baal (Canaanite deity) --- Ishtar --- Ištar --- Inanna --- Astarte --- Gods, Canaanite --- Ancient Near Eastern deities. --- Divine epithets.

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When James R. Lewis, one of the editors of the current collection, first moved to Norway in late 2009, he was unprepared to discover that so many researchers in Nordic countries were producing innovative scholarship on new religions and on the new age subculture. In fact, over the past dozen years or so, an increasingly disproportionate percentage of new religions scholars have arisen in Nordic countries and teach at universities in Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden and the Baltic countries. Nordic New Religions, co-edited with Inga B. Tøllefsen, surveys this rich field of study in this area of the world, focusing on the scholarship being produced by scholars in this region of northern Europe.

Cults --- Alternative religious movements --- Cult --- Cultus --- Marginal religious movements --- New religions --- New religious movements --- NRMs (Religion) --- Religious movements, Alternative --- Religious movements, Marginal --- Religious movements, New --- Religions --- Sects --- Scandinavia --- Fennoscandia --- Norden --- Nordic countries --- Religion. --- the study of new religions --- Denmark --- old new religions --- MISA and Natha --- Romanian tantric yoga school --- Baha'i --- Dianetics --- the Church of Scientology --- Finland --- new religious movements --- Western Esotericism --- new spirituality --- the diversity of New Age --- diversification --- mainstreaming --- commercialization --- domestication --- Christianity and New Age spirituality --- angel religion --- Norway --- new religiosity --- Royal Angels --- Martha Louise --- Astarte education --- the Norwegian news press --- Spiritist revival --- popular religion --- Seeking --- the Art of living Foundation --- Acem --- meditation --- Norwegian conspirituality --- the Shamanistic Association --- Sweden --- alternative spirituality --- the Children of God --- ISKCON --- the Unification Church --- the Rajneesh Movement --- the Spirit Revolution --- the Ahmadiyya Mission to the Nordic countries --- the Cosmic Brotherhood --- Sten Lindgren --- the Space Brothers --- the UFO mythical complex --- Baltic States --- Lithuanian occulture --- the Pyramid of Merkiné --- nature-based spirituality movements --- the Anastasians --- Hindu-related movements and Western esoteric groups in Latvia --- Estonia --- Midvestjard --- American religion and Norse identity --- Minnesota's Heathen Community