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Beliefs, practices, and attitudes in worship throughout the ancient Near East. An understanding of any religion begins by first studying the texts of that religion, but also the material culture—thus establishing the belief and the practice. Discerning the attitude comes by understanding the relationship of the text to the material culture, creating a wide array of religious attitudes within the ancient Near East but ultimately purposed in attaining cultural stability for the worshippers. Non-Israelite Religions One of the fatal flaws in trying to establish a norm for any historical religion is the problem of translatability. This is that fact of every culture that interaction between one cu
