| Description |
1 online resource (xi, 266 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Contents |
Encountering ancient religions. What is ancient Mediterranean religion? / Fritz Graf -- Monotheism and polytheism / Jan Assmann -- Ritual / Jan Bremmer -- Myth / Fritz Graf -- Cosmology: time and history / John J. Collins -- Pollution, sin, atonement, salvation / Harold W. Attridge -- Law and ethics / Eckart Otto -- Mysteries / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Religions in contact / John Scheid -- Writing and religion / Mary Beard -- Magic / Sarah Iles Johnston. Histories. Egypt / Jan Assmann and David Frankfurter -- Mesopotamia / Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- Syria and Canaan / David P. Wright -- Israel / John J. Collins -- Anatolia: Hittites / David P. Wright -- Iran / William Malandra and Michael Stausberg -- Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations / Nanno Marinatos -- Greece / Jon Mikalson -- Etruria / Olivier de Cazanove -- Rome / John North -- Early Christianity / Harold W. Attridge -- Epilogue / Bruce Lincoln |
| Summary |
This collection of essays by a distinguished international group of schoalrs, drawn from the groundbreaking reference work 'Religion in the Ancient World', offers an expansive, comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Religions.
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Civilization, Ancient.
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religions (belief systems, cultures)
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RELIGION -- History.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Religious.
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HISTORY -- Ancient -- General.
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Civilization, Ancient
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Religions
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-
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| LC no. |
2007016512 |
| ISBN |
9780674039186 |
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0674039181 |
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0674264770 |
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9780674264779 |
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