02806nam 22005774a 450 991045510920332120200520144314.00-674-03918-110.4159/9780674039186(CKB)1000000000786952(StDuBDS)AH21620435(SSID)ssj0000103329(PQKBManifestationID)11128486(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000103329(PQKBWorkID)10061913(PQKB)11364146(MiAaPQ)EBC3300099(Au-PeEL)EBL3300099(CaPaEBR)ebr10312805(OCoLC)923109140(DE-B1597)574624(DE-B1597)9780674039186(EXLCZ)99100000000078695220070419d2007 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrAncient religions[electronic resource] /Sarah Iles Johnston, general editorCambridge, Mass. Belknap Press of Harvard University Press20071 online resource (xi, 266 p. ) ill., mapsFormerly CIP.Uk0-674-02548-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.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.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.ReligionsCivilization, AncientElectronic books.Religions.Civilization, Ancient.200.93Johnston Sarah Iles1957-162823MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910455109203321Ancient religions2480815UNINA