Tammi J. Schneider is professor of religion at Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, California, and is codirector of excavations at Tell el-Far'ah, Israel. Her other books include Sarah: Mother of Nations.
Jack M. Sasson
-- Vanderbilt University
"Tammi Schneider has done us all a great service by writing this
attractive overview of Mesopotamian religions. The book is
encyclopedic in the best sense of the word: comprehensive,
reliable, in-depth, and up-to-date, with notes that invite further
inspection. It should be useful to students learning about the
cultures of the ancient world as well as to teachers in allied
specialties. Both length and price are just right." K. Lawson
Younger Jr.
-- Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
"Tammi Schneider has provided an extremely useful initiation into
the very complex world of ancient Mesopotamian religion. Students
will benefit from the clear presentation and writing style of the
author and will, undoubtedly, be challenged to dig deeper into the
intricacies of the various topics and issues that are introduced."
Karel van der Toorn
-- University of Amsterdam
"Schneider's state-of-the-art introduction is bound to become a
standard textbook on Mesopotamian religion." Mark W. Chavalas
-- University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
"Scholars of the ancient Near East have only recently begun to
attempt syntheses of their material for the public. Not only does
Tammi Schneider take the very complicated topic of Mesopotamian
religion and make it understandable to the beginning student, but
she also provides a solid framework for understanding the wider
context of the Judeo-Christian religious traditions. In addition,
her detailed and erudite notes will help the reader who is
interested in pursuing further research on the subject of
comparative religions. She is to be commended!" Journal of Ancient
Judaism
"This compact guide introduces its readers to the religions of
Mesopotamia from the beginning of the Bronze Age until the time of
Alexander the Great." Review of Biblical Literature
"Schneider provides a high-quality study in her work on ancient
Mesopotamian religion. This eleven-chapter monograph is lucid and
concise, and in an era when students choose a class based on the
reasonable cost of its required text(s), this book is refreshingly
affordable. . . . The book is also thoroughly annotated, making the
sources accessible to both novice and specialist. . . . Very
effective at covering many topics succinctly yet broadly." Journal
of the Evangelical Theological Society
"Schneider's introduction gives the most essential and uncontested
basics of this field in as brief a format as may be found. It
includes a valuable timeline of the significant figures and periods
of various regions." Midwest Book Review
"An excellent addition to any collection studying ancient faiths."
Journal of the American Oriental Society
"An attractive little book that gives an orientation to beginning
students of the Hebrew Bible."
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