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The Pagan God : Popular Religion in the Greco-Roman Near East / Javier Teixidor.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Princeton Legacy Library ; 1569Publisher: Princeton, NJ : Princeton University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©1977Description: 1 online resource (206 p.)Content type:
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ISBN:
  • 9780691616612
  • 9781400871391
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 200/.956
LOC classification:
  • BL1060
Other classification:
  • online - DeGruyter
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- One. POPULAR RELIGION IN THE GRECO-ROMAN NEAR EAST -- Two. PHOENICIAN AND SYRIAN DEITIES -- Three. DEITIES OF NORTH ARABIA -- Four. THE SUPREME GOD OF PALMYRA -- Five. PAGAN RELIGIOSITY -- ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES -- GENERAL INDEX -- Backmatter
Summary: Javier Teixidor has found evidence that belief in a supreme god developed during the first millennium B.C. The Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions he discusses indicate a trend toward monotheism that facilitated the spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The author concludes that the traditional characteristics of the popular religions were preserved during this period and that the Hellenistic culture and the mystery cults did not have a significant effect on popular piety. Here, then, is a major reinterpretation of the religious life of the Near East in the Greco-Roman period based on a reliable source of information.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
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Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- PREFACE -- One. POPULAR RELIGION IN THE GRECO-ROMAN NEAR EAST -- Two. PHOENICIAN AND SYRIAN DEITIES -- Three. DEITIES OF NORTH ARABIA -- Four. THE SUPREME GOD OF PALMYRA -- Five. PAGAN RELIGIOSITY -- ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES -- GENERAL INDEX -- Backmatter

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Javier Teixidor has found evidence that belief in a supreme god developed during the first millennium B.C. The Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions he discusses indicate a trend toward monotheism that facilitated the spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The author concludes that the traditional characteristics of the popular religions were preserved during this period and that the Hellenistic culture and the mystery cults did not have a significant effect on popular piety. Here, then, is a major reinterpretation of the religious life of the Near East in the Greco-Roman period based on a reliable source of information.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Issued also in print.

Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.

In English.

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