Festivals and Calendars of the Ancient Near East
- ISBN-10
- 1934309648
- ISBN-13
- 9781934309643
- Category
- Calendars
- Pages
- 467
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2015-07-01
- Publisher
- CDL Press
- Author
- Mark E. Cohen
Description
"Analysis of the ancient calendars of Mesopotamia, the Levant and other cities of the ancient Near East and their annual festivals and rituals. The cultic calendars include those of Sumer, Babylonia, Assyria, Israel, and cities in ancient Syria. Includes the order of each calendar's months and the meanings of the month names"--
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