The Basic Aspect of Hittite Religion
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20290787 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Giuseppe Furlani (University of Florence, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1938 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 251-262 |
| Publication date | 1938-10-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Harvard Theological Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0017-8160 • E-ISSN: 1475-4517 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0017816000021507 |
| OpenAlex | W1967595416 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
The religions of ancient Western Asia, though presenting in detail a number of differences, agree in their conception of the relation between man and god. This is the same relation that exists between the servant and his master, or between the subject and his king or prince. According to the religions of ancient Western Asia, man had to serve his god, his king and his master, and this service constituted his religion. In fact, man was created solely to serve god, and all his life therefore was but a series of religious acts in the service of his god. The religious texts of all palaeo-oriental nations afford us ample proofs that this was the fundamental principle of their religion. I refer to Semitic nations, that is, to those who spoke Semitic languages, or to peoples of other tongues: the Sumerians or the Phoenicians, the Hittites or the South Arabs. All these saw divinity in masters, princes, or kings who had man as subject or servant
Ancient history · Arabic · Divinity · Hittite language · Linguistics · Relation (database) · Semitic languages · Servant · Subject (documents) · Theology · Ancient Near East History · Classics · Eurasian Exchange Networks · History · Linguistics and language evolution · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citations per year | 0.5 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2024 - 2024 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |