Author : Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 750 pages
File Size : 36,39 MB
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674015173
This groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.
Author : George Rawlinson
Publisher :
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,97 MB
Release : 1882
Category : Civilization, Ancient
ISBN :
Author : Sarah Iles JOHNSTON
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 285 pages
File Size : 45,76 MB
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674039181
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.
Author : Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 734 pages
File Size : 38,14 MB
Release : 2004-11-30
Category : History
ISBN : 0674015177
This groundbreaking, first basic reference work on ancient religious beliefs collects and organizes available information on ten ancient cultures and traditions, including Greece, Rome, and Mesopotamia, and offers an expansive, comparative perspective on each one.
Author : Michele Renee Salzman
Publisher :
Page : 589 pages
File Size : 36,72 MB
Release : 2013
Category :
ISBN : 9781107019997
Author : Geoffrey Parrinder
Publisher : Checkmark Books
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 37,80 MB
Release : 1985-01-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780816012893
Looks at the history and beliefs of ancient and modern religions, including Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Judaism, Christianity, and Islam
Author : Jitse H. F. Dijkstra
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 447 pages
File Size : 49,48 MB
Release : 2020-10
Category : History
ISBN : 1108494900
A comparative examination and interpretation of religious violence in the Graeco-Roman world and Late Antiquity.
Author : Jonathan Goldstein
Publisher :
Page : 575 pages
File Size : 42,27 MB
Release : 2002-02-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780300140590
Some ancient civilizations held fast to the belief that their god or gods were stronger than all other heavenly powers. For a nation conquered by another power, the question of why their God allowed their defeat had to be faced. Goldstein looks at how different ancient civilizations reconciled their beliefs with the realities of history.
Author : John R. Hinnells
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 571 pages
File Size : 26,14 MB
Release : 2007-03-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1139461982
Ancient civilisations exercise an intense fascination for people the world over. This Handbook provides a vivid, scholarly, and eminently readable account of ancient cultures around the world, from China to India, the Middle East, Egypt, Europe, and the Americas. It examines the development of religious belief from the time of the Palaeolithic cave paintings to the Aztecs and Incas. Covering the whole of society not just the elite, the Handbook outlines the history of the different societies so that their religion and culture can be understood in context. Each chapter includes discussion of the broad field of relevant studies alerting the reader to wider debates on each subject. An international team of scholars convey their own deep enthusiasm for their subject and provide a unique study of both popular and 'official' religion in the ancient world.
Author : Daniel C. Snell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 16,31 MB
Release : 2010-11-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1139495054
This 2011 book is a history of religious life in the Ancient Near East from the beginnings of agriculture to Alexander the Great's invasion in the 300s BCE. Daniel C. Snell traces key developments in the history, daily life and religious beliefs of the people of Ancient Mesopotamia, Egypt, Israel and Iran. His research investigates the influence of those ideas on the West, with particular emphasis on how religious ideas from this historical and cultural milieu still influence the way modern cultures and religions view the world. Designed to be accessible to students and readers with no prior knowledge of the period, the book uses fictional vignettes to add interest to its material, which is based on careful study of archaeological remains and preserved texts. The book will provide a thoughtful summary of the Ancient Near East and includes a comprehensive bibliography to guide readers in further study of related topics.
