The Negev Desert has a rich variety of cult types that can be dated back as long as 9,000 years ago. The article focuses on the types that were dominant in the seventh to third millennia BCE, including standing stone maṣṣebot, open-air sanctuaries, burial grounds and ‘Rodedian’ sites. Descriptions and interpretations of where these cult types enable a comprehensive view in which desert societies reveal intensive cultic activity and fully-developed creeds signifying that they were not only the forerunners of religious concepts but actually influenced theological development in the settled lands of the ancient Near East.

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内盖夫沙漠宗教和邪教的原始历史发展

内盖夫沙漠拥有丰富多样的邪教类型，其历史可以追溯到 9000 年前。本文重点介绍在公元前七至三千年占主导地位的类型，包括立石 maṣṣebot、露天圣所、墓地和“罗迪安”遗址。对这些邪教类型的描述和解释在哪里能够提供全面的观点，其中沙漠社会揭示了密集的邪教活动和完全发展的信条，这意味着它们不仅是宗教概念的先驱，而且实际上影响了古代近东定居土地的神学发展.