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The Gods Enter the City
What happened to religion when mobile and local sacred practice became embedded in cities, institutions, priesthoods, and monumental temples?
Part I — The World Israel Inherited
What changed when religion entered the city?
What happened to religion when mobile and local sacred practice became embedded in cities, institutions, priesthoods, and monumental temples?
As cities grew, religion changed with them. Temples became divine houses, economic centers, political institutions, archives, employers, and visible statements of cosmic and royal order.
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