Author: Michele Renee SalzmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781107019997
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World
Author: Michele Renee SalzmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781107019997
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 450
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World
Author: Michele Renee SalzmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9781107019997
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
Religions of the Ancient World
Author: Sarah Iles JohnstonPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 9780674015173
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 750
Book Description
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.
The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions
Author: Barbette Stanley SpaethPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521113962
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 383
Book Description
Provides an introduction to the major religions of the ancient Mediterranean and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them.
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World: Volume 1, From the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Age
Author: Michele Renee SalzmanPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108703130
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Religion in the Classical World provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The fourteen essays in Volume I begin in the third millennium BCE with the Sumerians and extend to the fourth century BCE through the fall of the Achaemenid Persian Empire and the demise of Alexander the Great. Its contributors, all acknowledged experts in their fields, analyze a wide spectrum of textual and material evidence. An introductory essay by the General Editor sets out the central questions, themes, and historical trends considered in Volumes I and II. Marvin A. Sweeney provides an introduction to the chapters of Volume I. The regional and historical orientations of the essays will enable readers to see how a religious tradition or movement assumed a distinctive local identity, even as they view its development within a comparative framework. Supplemented with maps, illustrations, and detailed indexes, the volume is an excellent reference tool for scholars of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world.
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World
Author: Michele Renee SalzmanPublisher:
ISBN: 9780521858304
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World: Volume 2, From the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity
Author: William AdlerPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781108703123
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Religion in the Classical World provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the religions of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The nineteen essays in this volume begin with the Hellenistic age and extend to the late Roman period. Its contributors, all acknowledged experts in their fields, analyze a wide spectrum of textual and material evidence. An essay by the General Editor sets out the central questions, themes and historical trends considered in Volumes I and II. An essay by William Adler introduces the chapters of Volume II. The regional and historical orientations of the essays will enable readers to see how a religious tradition or movement assumed a distinctive local identity, and consider its development within a broader regional and Mediterranean context. Supplemented with maps, illustrations, and detailed indexes, the volume is an excellent reference tool for scholars of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world.
Cambridge History of Christianity: Volume 1, Origins to Constantine
Author: Margaret M. MitchellPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521812399
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World
Author: Marvin Alan SweeneyPublisher:
ISBN: 9781139600507
Category : Civilization, Ancient
Languages : en
Pages : 589
Book Description
Ancient Religions
Author: Sarah Iles JOHNSTONPublisher: Harvard University Press
ISBN: 0674039181
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 285
Book Description
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.