Description |
1 online resource (xx, 329 pages, 61 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
Series |
Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633 ; v. 164 |
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ; v. 164.
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Contents |
Introduction / Ted Kaizer -- The aniconic image of the Roman Near East / Milette Gaifman -- Sanctuaries and villages on Mt. Hermon during the Roman period / Julien Aliquot -- Religious architecture in the Roman Near East : temples of the basalt lands (Trachon and Hauran) / Arthur Segal -- Artemis and Zeus Olympios in Roman Gerasa and seleucid religious policy / Achim Lichtenberger -- How to be a bad Samaritan : the local cult of Mt. Gerizim / Jonathan Kirkpatrick -- Man and god at Palmyra : sacrifice, lectisternia and banquets / Ted Kaizer -- Tradition and change in the beliefs at Assur, Nineveh and Nisibis between 300 BC and AD 300 / Peter W. Haider -- Aspects of Hatrene religion : a note on the statues of kings and nobles from Hatra / Lucinda Dirven -- Ephraem Syrus and the solar cult / Jürgen Tubach |
Summary |
An interdisciplinary collection of articles that presents the variety of local and regional patterns of worship in the Near East, and contributes to our quest for understanding the polytheistic cults of the region as a whole |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-310) and indexes |
Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
Subject |
RELIGION -- History.
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TRAVEL -- Special Interest -- Religious.
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Römerzeit
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Religiöses Leben
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Hellenismus
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SUBJECT |
Middle East -- Religious life and customs
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Subject |
Middle East
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Naher Osten
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Mellanöstern -- religiöst liv -- historia -- forntiden.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Kaizer, Ted.
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ISBN |
9789047433538 |
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904743353X |
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1282399047 |
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9781282399044 |
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9786612399046 |
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661239904X |
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