Myth and ritual : essays on the myth and ritual of the Hebrews in relation to the culture pattern of the ancient East / by A.M. Blackman ... [et al.] ; edited by S.H. Hooke ; with a foreword by D.C. Simpson.
By: Hooke, S.H. (Samuel Henry)
Contributor(s): Blackman, Aylward M. (Aylward Manley)
Publisher: London New York : Oxford University Press, H. Milford, 1933.Description: xix, 204 p., [7] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. ; 20 cm.
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British Museum | Royal Anthropological Institute | Round Reading Room | KFR [HOO-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | L1409 |
Includes bibliographical references and index. "Six of the essays ... were delivered as public lectures at Oxford ... seven were delivered ... as public lectures in the University of London [1932]."--Foreword. Errata slip inserted. Contents: The myth and ritual pattern of the ancient East / by the editor --Myth and ritual in ancient Egypt / by Aylward M. Blackman -- Babylonian myth and ritual / by C.J. Gadd -- Traces of the myth and ritual pattern in Canaan / by the editor -- The sun-cult and the temple at Jerusalem / by F.J. Hollis --Early Hebrew festival rituals / by W.O.E. Oesterley -- Initiatory rituals / by E.O. James -- Hebrew myths / by Theodore H. Robinson.
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