The revival of the Anu cult and the nocturnal fire ceremony at late Babylonian Uruk

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Title
"The revival of the Anu cult and the nocturnal fire ceremony at late Babylonian Uruk"
Statement of Responsibility
by Julia Krul
Publisher
  • Brill
Publication Year
  • [2018]
Book size
25 cm
Series Name / No
  • hard

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Summary: "In The Revival of the Anu Cult and the Nocturnal Fire Ceremony at Late Babylonian Uruk, Julia Krul offers a comprehensive study of the rise of the sky god Anu as patron deity of Uruk in the Late Babylonian period (ca. 480-100 B.C.). She reconstructs the historical development of the Anu cult, its underlying theology, and its daily rites of worship, with a particular focus on the yearly nocturnal fire ceremony at the Anu temple, the Bit Res. Providing the first in-depth analysis of the ceremony, Julia Krul convincingly identifies it as a seasonal renewal festival with an important exorcistic component, but also as a reinforcement of local hierarchical relationships and the elite status of the Anu priesthood"-- Provided by publisher

Includes bibliographical references (pages [267]-290) and indexes

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