Reading Creation Myths Economically in Ancient Mesopotamia and Israel
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Paperback / Softback
Book Series
Elements in Ancient and Pre-modern Economies
ISBN-10
1009559915
ISBN-13
9781009559911
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
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Cambridge University Press
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GB
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GB
Publication Date
Sep 4th, 2025
Print length
88 Pages
Weight
144 grams
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15.10 x 22.90 x 0.60 cms
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Creation myths in the ancient Middle East served as works of political economy, justifying and naturalizing ritual practices which were organized according to an ideology of divine service. Resources for divine service were extracted from the productive sectors of society. This Element examines various forms of the economics of divine service.
Creation myths in the ancient Middle East served, among other things, as works of political economy, justifying and naturalizing materially intensive ritual practices and their entanglements with broader economic processes and institutions. These rituals were organized according to a common ideology of divine service, which portrayed the gods as an aristocratic leisure class whose material needs were provided by human beings. Resources for divine service were extracted from the productive sectors of society and channeled inward to the temple and palace institutions, where they served to satiate the gods and support their human servants. This Element examines various forms of the economics of divine service, and how they were supported in a selection of myths – Atra?asis, Enki and Ninma?, and Enuma Eliš from Mesopotamia and the story of the Garden of Eden from the southern Levant (Israel).
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