In Praise of Ištar

The divine dyad Inanna/Ištar, analyzed according to its two main divine personalities, represents a major figure of the Mesopotamian pantheon from earliest times and one which enjoyed a wide-spread acceptance in various forms in the ancient Near East. The personalities reflected by various types of...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Journal of the American Oriental Society 2000, Vol.120 (2), p.199-205
1. Verfasser:	Ferrara, A. J.
Format:	Review
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Art and archaeology Biographies Deities Environmental assessment Ethnology and anthropology Generalities Groneberg, Bridgette R M Methods Nonfiction Oriental studies Poetry Research principies Review Articles Social history Translations
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Zusammenfassung:	The divine dyad Inanna/Ištar, analyzed according to its two main divine personalities, represents a major figure of the Mesopotamian pantheon from earliest times and one which enjoyed a wide-spread acceptance in various forms in the ancient Near East. The personalities reflected by various types of textual evidence present a complicated picture. In the volume under review, we are given two new texts and the reworking of a third which add substantial knowledge regarding this most fascinating deity.
ISSN:	0003-0279 2169-2289
DOI:	10.2307/605023