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035			_a(DE-B1597)589530
035			_a(OCoLC)1294423230
040			_aDE-B1597 _beng _cDE-B1597 _erda
050		4	_aBL687 _b.R47 2004
072		7	_aHIS002000 _2bisacsh
082	0	4	_a200/.93 _222
084			_aonline - DeGruyter
245	0	0	_aReligions of the Ancient World : _bA Guide / _ced. by Sarah Iles Johnston.
264		1	_aCambridge, MA : _bHarvard University Press, _c[2004]
264		4	_c2004
300			_a1 online resource (736 p.)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
490	0		_aHarvard University Press Reference Library
505	0	0	_tFrontmatter -- _tContents -- _tIntroduction -- _tNote on Translation and Transliteration -- _tAbbreviations -- _tMaps -- _tEncountering Ancient Religions -- _tWhat Is Ancient Mediterranean Religion? -- _tMonotheism and Polytheism -- _tRitual -- _tMyth -- _tCosmology: Time and History -- _tPollution, Sin, Atonement, Salvation -- _tLaw and Ethics -- _tMysteries -- _tReligions in Contact -- _tWriting and Religion -- _tMagic -- _tHistories -- _tEgypt -- _tMesopotamia -- _tSyria and Canaan -- _tIsrael -- _tAnatolia: Hittites -- _tIran -- _tMinoan and Mycenaean Civilizations -- _tGreece -- _tEtruria -- _tRome -- _tEarly Christianity -- _tKey Topics -- _tSacred Times and Spaces -- _tReligious Personnel -- _tReligious Organizations and Bodies -- _tSacrifice, Offerings, and Votives -- _tPrayers, Hymns, Incantations, and Curses -- _tDivination and Prophecy -- _tDeities and Demons -- _tReligious Practices of the Individual and Family -- _tRites of Passage -- _tIllnesses and Other Crises -- _tDeath, the Afterlife, and Other Last Things -- _tSin, Pollution, and Purity -- _tEthics and Law Codes -- _tTheology, Theodicy, Philosophy -- _tReligion and Politics -- _tControlling Religion -- _tMyth and Sacred Narratives -- _tVisual Representations -- _tSacred Texts and Canonicity -- _tEsotericism and Mysticism -- _tEpilogue -- _tIllustrations -- _tAcknowledgments -- _tContributors -- _tIndex
506	0		_arestricted access _uhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec _fonline access with authorization _2star
520			_aReligious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean: itinerant charismatic practitioners journeying from place to place peddled their skills as healers, purifiers, cursers, and initiators; and vessels decorated with illustrations of myths traveled with them. New gods encountered in foreign lands by merchants and conquerors were sometimes taken home to be adapted and adopted. A full understanding of this complex spiritual world unfolds in Religions of the Ancient World, the first basic reference work that collects and organizes available information to offer an expansive, comparative perspective. At once sweeping in scope and groundbreaking in format, the Guide eschews the usual encyclopedic approach, instead presenting, side by side, materials from ten cultures and traditions. Thus specific beliefs, cults, gods, and ritual practices that arose and developed in Mediterranean religions--of Egypt, Anatolia and the Near East, Mesopotamia, Iran, Greece, and the Roman world, from the third millennium to the fourth century C.E.--are interpreted in comparison with one another, and with reference to aspects that crisscross cultural boundaries, such as Cosmology, Myth, Law and Ethics, and Magic. Written by leading scholars of ancient religion, the essays in this guide sketch the various religious histories, raise central theoretical issues, and examine individual topics such as Sacred Times and Spaces; Prayers, Hymns, Incantations, and Curses; Sin, Pollution, and Purity; Death, the Afterlife, and Other Last Things; Divination and Prophecy; Deities and Demons; and Sacred Texts and Canonicity. Clearly and stylishly written, grandly illustrated, this comprehensive work welcomes readers as never before into the diversity and interconnections of religion in the ancient world.
538			_aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546			_aIn English.
588	0		_aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 26. Aug 2024)
650		7	_aHISTORY / Ancient / General. _2bisacsh
700	1		_aAssmann, Jan _eautore
700	1		_aAttridge, Harold _eautore
700	1		_aAttridge, Harold W. _eautore
700	1		_aBeard, Mary _eautore
700	1		_aBeaulieu, Paul-Alain _eautore
700	1		_aBremmer, Jan _eautore
700	1		_aCazanove, Olivier de _eautore
700	1		_aCollins, John J _eautore
700	1		_aCollins, John J. _eautore
700	1		_aFrankfurter, David _eautore
700	1		_aGraf, Fritz _eautore
700	1		_aJohnston, Sarah Iles _eautore _ecuratore
700	1		_aLincoln, Bruce _eautore
700	1		_aMalandra, William _eautore
700	1		_aMarinatos, Nanno _eautore
700	1		_aMikalson, Jon _eautore
700	1		_aNorth, John _eautore
700	1		_aOtto, Eckart _eautore
700	1		_aScheid, John _eautore
700	1		_aStausberg, Michael _eautore
700	1		_aWright, David P _eautore
700	1		_aWright, David P. _eautore
850			_aIT-RoAPU
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.4159/9780674264823?locatt=mode:legacy
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