Mighty Baal - Essays in Honor of Mark S. Smith

Mighty Baal offers a fresh portrait of the ancient Near Eastern god Baal. Its eleven essays are written in honor of Mark S. Smith, who has been the leading historian of Baal over the last four decades.

About the author

Stephen C. Russell, Ph.D. (2008), New York University, is Associate Professor of History at John Jay College, CUNY. His publications include Space, Land, Territory and the Study of the Bible (Brill, 2017) and The King and the Land (Oxford, 2016).

Esther J. Hamori, Ph.D. (2004), New York University, is Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible at Union Theological Seminary. Her publications include Women's Divination in Biblical Literature (Yale University Press, 2015) and When Gods Were Men (de Gruyter, 2008).

Product details

• Assisted by: Stephen C Russell (Editor), Stephen C. Russell (Editor), Esther J Hamori (Editor), Esther J. Hamori (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 16.07.2020
• EAN: 9789004437661
• ISBN: 978-90-04-43766-1
• No. of pages: 228
• Weight: 466 g
• Series: Harvard Semitic Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Judaism; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works