03993oam 2200721I 450 991078362260332120230422044247.01-134-79271-90-203-28864-51-280-33090-20-203-03050-81-134-79272-710.4324/9780203030509 (CKB)1000000000249063(EBL)169606(OCoLC)475876507(SSID)ssj0000278509(PQKBManifestationID)11219257(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000278509(PQKBWorkID)10247012(PQKB)11044504(MiAaPQ)EBC169606(Au-PeEL)EBL169606(CaPaEBR)ebr10054557(CaONFJC)MIL33090(OCoLC)50488535(EXLCZ)99100000000024906320180706d1999 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrDeath, burial and rebirth in the religions of antiquity /Jon DaviesLondon ;New York :Routledge,1999.1 online resource (267 p.)Religion in the first Christian centuriesDescription based upon print version of record.0-415-12991-5 0-415-12990-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.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 era7. 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 death in the arena; Part IV: Christians, martyrs, soldiers, saints; 13. Christian burial; 14. The nature of martyrdom; EpilogueSacrificial living and sacrificial dying: Christians in the world Appendix; Bibliography; IndexIn 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 introductionReligion in the first Christian centuries.DeathReligious aspectsHistory of doctrinesFuneral rites and ceremonies, AncientFuture lifeHistory of doctrinesMiddle EastReligionRomeReligionDeathReligious aspectsHistory of doctrines.Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient.Future lifeHistory of doctrines.291.2/3/093Davies Jon1939-,282589MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783622603321Death, burial and rebirth in the religions of antiquity668986UNINA