The Babylonian New Year Festival in Hellenistic Perspective

R. J. van der Spek

doi:10.2143/BIOR.81.3.3294115

The Babylonian New Year Festival in Hellenistic Perspective

R. J. van der Spek

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Abstract

Book review of: Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	205-213
Number of pages	9
Journal	Bibliotheca Orientalis
Volume	81
Issue number	3/4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2143/BIOR.81.3.3294115
Publication status	Published - Dec 2024

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Book Review of: Céline Debourse, Of Priests and Kings: The Babylonian New Year Festival in the Last Age of Cuneiform Culture. Leiden and Boston: Brill, 2022

Keywords

Assyriology
Religion
ancient Mesopotamian religion
Ancient Near East
Hellenistic Babylonia
Biblical Studies
Ancient History
History

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