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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Format: | Electronic Book |
Language: | English |
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Cambridge, MA
Harvard University Press
[2021]
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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 |
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Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 0674039181 |
Access: | Restricted Access |
Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.4159/9780674039186 |