Ebook {Epub PDF} The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion by Thorkild Jacobsen

 · Thorkild Jacobsen's The Treasures of Darkness is a unique book among the corpus of scholarly Mesopotamian literature in that it is the only work to deal extensively with the evolution of religious thought across the Sumerian, Akkadian, and Babylonian empires. Jacobsen proposes a series of religious ideas and philosophies, which developed hand-in-hand over the history of /5. The Treasures of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion by Jacobsen, Thorkild. The treasures of darkness: a history of Mesopotamian religion. " No one can plausibly deny that the religious development of the peoples of Canaan (and indeed of all the ancient world around the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus river) were affected by the cultural and religious developments in Mesopotamia, the centre of the region, and a fertile region second to none known in the world, on a User Interaction Count:

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A classic in its field.”—Religious Studies Review. “ The Treasures of Darkness is the culmination of a lifetime’s work, an attempt to summarize and recreate the spiritual life of Ancient Mesopotamia. Jacobsen has succeeded brilliantly. Treasures Of Darkness A History Of Mesopotamian Religion Darkness: A History of The Treasures of Darkness, Jacobsen's magnum opus, is a literary tour de force of history of Mesopotamian religion. The author analyzes its hitorical connotations and changes throughout the millennia (4th-2nd), all in the most exemplary academic manner. The treasures of darkness: a history of Mesopotamian religion. " No one can plausibly deny that the religious development of the peoples of Canaan (and indeed of all the ancient world around the eastern Mediterranean to the Indus river) were affected by the cultural and religious developments in Mesopotamia, the centre of the region, and a fertile region second to none known in the world, on a par with the Nile, around which another major civilization arose.