The religion of the Nabataeans: a conspectus

The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek litera...

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Main Author: Healey, John F. 1948- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Leiden [u.a.] Brill 2001
In: Religions in the Graeco-Roman world (136)
Year: 2001
Reviews:, in: BiOr 59 (2002) 609-615 (Dirven, Lucinda)
, in: JSSt 49 (2004) 351-353 (McKenzie, Judith)
, in: JSSt 49 (2004) 351-353 (McKenzie, Judith)
John F. Healey The Religion of the Nabataeans (2004) (Sartre, Maurice)
Series/Journal:Religions in the Graeco-Roman world 136
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Nabataeans / Religion
Further subjects:B Nabataeans
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Summary:The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek literary texts. After a critical survey of the sources, the author analyses systematically the information on the individual gods worshipped by the Nabataeans, including a detailed illustrated account of temples and iconography. A further major section discusses religious themes: aniconism, henotheism, death-cult and the divinisation of kings. In a final chapter, Nabataean religion is considered in relation to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The book will be of particular interest to historians of religion in the Graeco-Roman Near East and to Semitic epigraphists.
ISBN:9004107541