Conceptualising divine unions in the Greek and near Eastern worlds
"The present volume is an interdisciplinary investigation and contextualization of the various concepts of divine union in the private and public sphere of the Greek and Near Eastern worlds. The collection focuses on human-divine interactions, intersection between kings and the divine, sexual u...
| Published in: | Ancient philosophy & religion |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
Leiden Boston
Brill
[2022]
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| In: |
Ancient philosophy & religion (volume 7)
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| Volumes / Articles: | Show volumes/articles. |
| Series/Journal: | Ancient philosophy & religion
volume 7 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Ancient Orient
/ Religion
/ Greece (Antiquity)
/ God
/ Human being
/ Spirituality
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| RelBib Classification: | BC Ancient Orient; religion BE Greco-Roman religions KBM Asia NBC Doctrine of God |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality (Middle East)
B Collection of essays B Spirituality (Greece) B Middle East Religion B Spirituality Rome B Greece Religion B Rome Religion |
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| Summary: | "The present volume is an interdisciplinary investigation and contextualization of the various concepts of divine union in the private and public sphere of the Greek and Near Eastern worlds. The collection focuses on human-divine interactions, intersection between kings and the divine, sexual unions with the divine, heroization and divinization rituals, divine epiphanies, mystic unions and assimilations with the divine, philosophical approaches for establishing union with the divine and theurgic unions with the divine"-- |
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| Item Description: | Includes index |
| ISBN: | 9004502513 |