Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 299.15 EAN: 9780300022919 ISBN: 0300022913 Label: Yale University Press Manufacturer: Yale University Press Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 273 Publication Date: September 10, 1978 Publisher: Yale University Press Studio: Yale University Press
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As an introduction to Mesopotamian religions, Thorkild Jacobsen's Treasure of Darkness: A History of Mesopotamian Religion is exemplary primarily because of the author's background as an expert in the fields of Oriental philology and archeology. The book is full of prime source texts throughout, some of which are Jacobsen's own updated translations. Reading this as a student has been a broadening experience. This is due the fact that less is taken for granted ... Read More