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UNINA9910778166703321 |
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Titolo |
Ancient religions [[electronic resource] /] / Sarah Iles Johnston, general editor |
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Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007 |
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ISBN |
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0-674-26477-0 |
0-674-03918-1 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xi, 266 p. ) : ill., maps |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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JohnstonSarah Iles <1957-> |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Religions |
Civilization, Ancient |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Encountering ancient religions. What is ancient Mediterranean religion? / Fritz Graf -- Monotheism and polytheism / Jan Assmann -- Ritual / Jan Bremmer -- Myth / Fritz Graf -- Cosmology: time and history / John J. Collins -- Pollution, sin, atonement, salvation / Harold W. Attridge -- Law and ethics / Eckart Otto -- Mysteries / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Religions in contact / John Scheid -- Writing and religion / Mary Beard -- Magic / Sarah Iles Johnston. Histories. Egypt / Jan Assmann and David Frankfurter -- Mesopotamia / Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- Syria and Canaan / David P. Wright -- Israel / John J. Collins -- Anatolia: Hittites / David P. Wright -- Iran / William Malandra and Michael Stausberg -- Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations / Nanno Marinatos -- Greece / Jon Mikalson -- Etruria / Olivier de Cazanove -- Rome / John North -- Early Christianity / Harold W. Attridge -- Epilogue / Bruce Lincoln. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This collection of essays by a distinguished international group of schoalrs, drawn from the groundbreaking reference work 'Religion in the Ancient World', offers an expansive, comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world. |
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