Ancient Religions

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Encountering ancient religions -- What Is Ancient Mediterranean Religion? -- Monotheism and Polytheism -- Ritual -- Myth -- Cosmology: Time and History -- Pollution, Sin, Atonement, Salvati...

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Contributors: Assmann, Jan (Contributor) ; Attridge, Harold W (Contributor) ; Beard, Mary (Contributor) ; Beaulieu, Paul-Alain (Contributor) ; Bremmer, Jan (Contributor) ; Cazanove, Olivier de (Contributor) ; Collins, John J (Contributor) ; Frankfurter, David (Contributor) ; Graf, Fritz (Contributor) ; Johnston, Sarah Iles (Contributor, Editor) ; Lincoln, Bruce (Contributor) ; Malandra, William (Contributor) ; Marinatos, Nanno (Contributor) ; Mikalson, Jon (Contributor) ; North, John (Contributor) ; Otto, Eckart (Contributor) ; Scheid, John (Contributor) ; Stausberg, Michael (Contributor) ; Wright, David P (Contributor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press [2021]
In:Year: 2021
Further subjects:B Civilization, Ancient
B Religions
B Ancient / Generals / HISTORY
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Summary:Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Note on Translation and Transliteration -- Abbreviations -- Maps -- Encountering ancient religions -- What Is Ancient Mediterranean Religion? -- Monotheism and Polytheism -- Ritual -- Myth -- Cosmology: Time and History -- Pollution, Sin, Atonement, Salvation -- Law and Ethics -- Mysteries -- Religions in Contact -- Writing and Religion -- Magic -- Histories -- Egypt -- Mesopotamia -- Syria and Canaan -- Israel -- Anatolia: Hittites -- Iran -- Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations -- Greece -- Etruria -- Rome -- Early Christianity -- Epilogue -- Contributors -- Index
Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean: itinerant charismatic practitioners peddled their skills as healers, purifiers, cursers, and initiators; and vessels decorated with illustrations of myths traveled with them. This collection of essays, drawn from the groundbreaking reference work Religion in the Ancient World, offers an expansive, comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:0674039181
Access:Restricted Access
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.4159/9780674039186

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