Autore	McCants William Faizi <1975->
Edizione	[Core Textbook]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Princeton, : Princeton University Press, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (192 p.)
Disciplina	939/.40072
Soggetto topico	Mythology, Middle Eastern Greeks - Middle East - History Romans - Middle East - History Arabs - Middle East - History Acculturation - Middle East - History Civilization - Philosophy
Soggetto non controllato	Arab conquests Arabs Greek conquests Greek ethnography Greek philosophy Greeks Ibn Qutayba Islam Islamic culture Islamic thinking Jews Muhammad Near East Pliny Qur'an Roman conquests Romans ancient Greece ancient culture ancient mythology ancient texts civilization conquerors conquest conquests culture myths ethnic belonging ironsmithing learned culture medicine native history origin origins philosophy postconquest period pre-Islamic culture protography science
ISBN	1-283-28067-1 9786613280671 1-4008-4006-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Gifts of the gods : the origins of civilization in ancient Near Eastern and Greek mythology -- The beneficent sky god : cultural history in the Qur'an -- Who was first? : protography and discovery catalogs -- Inventing nations : postconquest native histories of civilization's origins -- "The sciences of the ancients" : speculation on the origins of philosophy, medicine, and the exact sciences.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910781716403321

Autore	Holland Glenn Stanfield <1952->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Md., : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (341 p.)
Disciplina	200.9394
Soggetto topico	Mythology, Middle Eastern
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-49770-7 9786612497704 0-7425-9979-5
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Time Line; Section 1 . EGYPT; Chapter 01. Egypt: Historical Survey; Chapter 02. Egypt: The Gods and the World They Made; Chapter 03. Egypt: The King and Royal Power; Chapter 04. Egypt: The World of the Dead; Chapter 05. Egypt: The Human World; Section 2. MESOPOTAMIA; Chapter 06. Mesopotamia: Historical Survey; Chapter 07. Mesopotamia: The Gods and the World They Made; Chapter 08. Mesopotamia: The World of Kings and Heroes; Chapter 09. Mesopotamia: The World of the Dead; Chapter 10. Mesopotamia: The Human World; Section 3. SYRIA-PALESTINE. Chapter 11. Syria-Palestine: Historical Survey. Chapter 12. Syria-Palestine: The Gods and the World They Made; Chapter 13. Syria-Palestine: Kings and Prophets; Chapter 14. Syria-Palestine: Suffering and Death; Chapter 15. Syria-Palestine: The Human World; Conclusion: Change and Continuity in the Hellenistic Age; Bibliography for Further Reading; Glossary; Index
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910454785403321

Autore	Bremmer Jan N
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Leiden ; ; Boston, : Brill, 2008
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (444 p.)
Disciplina	292.08
Collana	Jerusalem studies in religion and culture
Soggetto topico	Mythology, Greek Mythology, Greek - Influence Mythology, Middle Eastern Mythology, Middle Eastern - Influence Bible stories
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	1-282-39797-4 9786612397974 90-474-3271-1
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Preliminary Material / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter One. Canonical and alternative creation myths / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Two. Pandora or the creation of a greek Eve / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Three. The birth of Paradise / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Four. The first crime: Brothers and fratricide in the ancient Mediterranean / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Five. Greek Fallen angels: Kronos and the Titans / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Six. Near eastern and native traditions in Apollodorus’ account of the flood / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Seven. Don’t look back: From the wife of Lot to Orpheus and Eurydice / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Eight. Balaam, Mopsus and Melampous: Tales of travelling seers / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Nine. Hebrew Lishkah and greek Leschê / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Ten. The scapegoat between northern Syria, hittites, israelites, greeks and early Christians / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Eleven. Close encounters of the third kind: Heliodorus in the temple and Paul on the road to Damascus / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Twelve. Persian Magoi and the birth of the term ‘magic’ / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Thirteen. Anaphe, Apollo Aiglêtês and the origin of Asclepius / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Fourteen. Attis: A greek god in Anatolian Pessinous and Catullan Rome / J.N. Bremmer -- Chapter Fifteen. The myth of the Golden Fleece / J.N. Bremmer -- Appendix I. Genesis 1.1: A jewish response to a persian challenge? / J.N. Bremmer -- Appendix II. Magic and religion? / J.N. Bremmer -- Appendix Iiithe. Spelling and meaning of the name Megabyxos / J.N. Bremmer -- Bibliography / J.N. Bremmer -- Index of names, subjects and passages / J.N. Bremmer -- Jerusalem studies in religion and culture / J.N. Bremmer.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910455081303321

Pubbl/distr/stampa	London ; ; New York, : T & T Clark, c2012
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (207 p.)
Disciplina	224.06
Altri autori (Persone)	CrouchCarly L <1982-> (Carly Lorraine) StöklJonathan <1977-> ZerneckeAnna Elise
Collana	The Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament Studies Library of Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies T & T Clark library of biblical studies
Soggetto topico	Mythology, Middle Eastern
ISBN	1-283-89170-0 0-567-44624-7
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	CONTENTS; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; List of Contributors; Introduction; OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND? DEDICATORY INSCRIPTIONS AS COMMUNICATION WITH THE DIVINE -- Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme; THE HERMENEUTICS OF MESOPOTAMIAN EXTISPICY: THEORY VS. PRACTICE -- Nils P. Heeßel; THE CURIOUS CASE OF FAILED REVELATION IN LUDLUL BEL NIMEQI: A NEW SUGGESTION FOR THE POEM'S SCHOLARLY PURPOSE -- Alan Lenzi; THE EXCLUSIVITY OF DIVINE COMMUNICATION IN ANCIENT ISRAEL: FALSE PROPHECY IN THE HEBREW BIBLE AND THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- Herbert B. Huffmon (INTUITIVE) DIVINATION, (ETHICAL) DEMANDS AND DIPLOMACY IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST -- Jonathan StöklMODES OF COMMUNICATION WITH THE DIVINE IN THE HEBREW PSALTER -- Erhard S. Gerstenberger; "TO TALK TO ONE'S GOD": PENITENTIAL PRAYERS IN MESOPOTAMIA -- Margaret Jaques; HOW TO APPROACH A DEITY: THE GROWTH OF A PRAYER ADDRESSED TO IŠTAR -- Anna Elise Zernecke; PSALM 72 IN ITS ANCIENT SYRIAN CONTEXT -- Jan Dietrich; Bibliography; Index of References; Index of Authors
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910153151803321