Death, burial and rebirth in the religions of antiquity / / Jon Davies

• Autore: Davies Jon <1939-, >
• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (267 p.)
• Disciplina: 291.2/3/093
• Soggetto topico: Death - Religious aspects - History of doctrines; Funeral rites and ceremonies, Ancient; Future life - History of doctrines
• Soggetto geografico: Middle East Religion; Rome Religion
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-239) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Death, burial and rebirth in the religions of antiquity
• ISBN: 1-134-79271-9; 0-203-28864-5; 1-280-33090-2; 0-203-03050-8; 1-134-79272-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783622603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Religion in the first Christian centuries.