Among the Host of Heaven: The Syro-Palestinian Pantheon as Bureaucracy

By Lowell K. Handy

This volume provides new directions for thinking about the structure, organization, and "function" of the gods of the Levantine and ancient Near Eastern worlds, arguing that the structure of the pantheon worshiped in Syria-Palestine mirrored the social structure of the city-states of that region.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0931464846
• ISBN13: 9780931464843
• Release Date: June 1994
• Publisher: Eisenbrauns
• Length: 240 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"