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Autore |
Davies Jon <1939-, > |
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Titolo |
Death, burial and rebirth in the religions of antiquity / / Jon Davies |
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London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999 |
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ISBN |
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1-134-79271-9 |
0-203-28864-5 |
1-280-33090-2 |
0-203-03050-8 |
1-134-79272-7 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (267 p.) |
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Collana |
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Religion in the first Christian centuries |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Death - Religious aspects - History of doctrines |
Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient |
Future life - History of doctrines |
Middle East Religion |
Rome Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Cover; Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity; Copyright Page; Contents; List of plates; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: Death in the Ancient Near East; 1. Osiris and Isis: The life-theology of Ancient Egypt; 2. Zoroaster, Ahura Mazda and Ahriman; 3. Canaanites and Mesopotamians; 4. Mere Texts or living realities?: The possible influence of the older thanatologies on Judaism and Christianity; Part II: From caves and rock-cut tombs to Judaism; 5. The general archaeology of the Ancient Near East; 6. Judaism: Towards the common era |
7. Burying the Jewish dead 8. Good luck with your resurrection!: Opening the heavens and raising the dead; Part III: Romans and Greeks: A theodicy of good fortune?; 9. Roman and Greek philosophies of death; 10. Roman religion and Roman funerals; 11. Ovid's 'ever-varying forms': Greek mythologies, sarcophagi and the boundaries of mortality; 12. Ovid's 'bonds of Love and duty': Funerals, epitaphs, orations and |
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death in the arena; Part IV: Christians, martyrs, soldiers, saints; 13. Christian burial; 14. The nature of martyrdom; Epilogue |
Sacrificial living and sacrificial dying: Christians in the world Appendix; Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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In Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity, Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He analyses the varied burial rituals and examines the different notions of the afterlife. Among the areas covered are:* Osiris and Isis: the life theology of Ancient Egypt* burying the Jewish dead* Roman religion and Roman funerals* Early Christian burial* the nature of martyrdom.Jon Davies also draws on the sociological theory of Max Weber to present a comprehensive introduction |
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