Ancient religions [[electronic resource] /] / Sarah Iles Johnston, general editor

• Pubblicazione: Cambridge, Mass., : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xi, 266 p. ) : ill., maps
• Disciplina: 200.93
• Soggetto topico: Religions; Civilization, Ancient
• Altri autori: JohnstonSarah Iles <1957->
• Note generali: Formerly CIP.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Ancient religions
• ISBN: 0-674-26477-0; 0-674-03918-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910778166703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II