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Greek and Roman religions / / Rebecca I. Denova
| Greek and Roman religions / / Rebecca I. Denova |
| Autore | Denova Rebecca I. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
| Disciplina | 292.08 |
| Collana | Blackwell Ancient Religions |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-78785-765-4
1-118-54300-9 1-119-39255-1 1-118-54277-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Chapter I Living with the Divine -- The Modern Study of Religion -- Culture and Race -- Cults -- Too Many Gods? -- Polytheism and Monotheism -- Toleration and Religious Pluralism -- Paganism -- Basic Features of Greco‐Roman Religions -- Myths and Sacred Stories -- Acts of Worship -- The Priesthoods -- Purification Rituals -- Communicating with the Divine -- Games -- The Afterlife and Funeral Rites -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter II The Ancient Civilizations of the MediterRanean Basin -- Mesopotamia -- Egypt -- The Egyptian Afterlife -- The Rest of the Neighborhood -- Greece -- The Greco‐Persian Wars -- The Hellenistic Age -- Rome -- The Etruscans -- The City of Rome -- The Punic Wars (264-146 bce) -- The Social War (90-88 bce) -- The End of the Republic -- Subsequent Centuries -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter III Myths, Gods, and Heroes: Greece -- Mythology -- In the Beginning: Greece -- The Myths of the Olympians -- Zeus -- Hera -- Poseidon -- Demeter -- Athena -- Aphrodite -- Ares -- Apollo -- Artemis -- Hermes -- Hephaestus -- Dionysus -- Other Important Deities -- Hestia -- Asclepios -- Tyche -- The Fates -- The Muses -- Heroes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter IV Myths, Gods, and Heroes:: Rome -- In the Beginning: Rome -- Aeneas -- Jupiter -- Juno -- Neptune -- Minerva -- Mars -- Venus -- Apollo -- Diana -- Vulcan -- Vesta -- Mercury -- Ceres -- Other Important Deities -- Penates -- Lares -- Saturn -- Ops -- Bellona -- Fortuna -- Liber/Libera -- Bacchus -- Janus -- Pluto -- Hecate -- Tellus -- Sol Indiges -- Castor and Pollux -- Heroes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter V Temples and Priests -- Temples -- Priests and the Priesthood: Greece -- Selection -- Duties -- Priests and the Priesthood: Rome -- The College of Pontifices -- Rex Sacrorum -- Flamens.
The Vestal Virgins -- The College of Augurs and Haruspices and the Duoviri Sacris Faciundis -- Fetiales -- Triumviri Epulones -- Sodales -- Luperci -- Fratres Arvales -- Salii -- Libitinarii -- Duties -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter VI Worship of the Gods: Community Religious Festivals -- Pilgrimage -- The Worship of the Gods in Greece and Greek Colonies -- Zeus -- Hera -- Poseidon -- Demeter -- Athena -- Aphrodite -- Ares -- Apollo -- Artemis -- Hermes -- Hephaestus -- Dionysus -- Hestia -- Hades -- Asclepios -- Tyche -- The Fates -- The Muses -- The Worship of the Gods: Rome -- Jupiter -- Juno -- Neptune -- Minerva -- Mars -- Venus -- Apollo -- Diana -- Vulcan -- Vesta -- Mercury -- Ceres -- Saturn -- The Lares -- Ops -- Bellona -- Fortuna -- Liber/Libera -- Bacchus -- Janus -- Pluto -- Castor and Pollux -- Bona Dea -- Flora -- Romulus -- The Lupercalia -- Parentalia -- Parilia -- Hercules -- The Roman Triumph -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter VII Religion and Society -- Social Class -- Honor/Shame -- The Patron/Client Relationship -- Slavery -- The Family in Ancient Greece -- The Father -- Mothers -- Sons -- Daughters -- The Family in Ancient Rome -- The Father -- Mothers -- Sons -- Daughters -- The Ideal Family and the Ideal Society -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter VIII Communicating with the Divine -- Prayers and Hymns -- Divination -- Prophets -- Seers -- Augurs and Haruspices -- Portents and Prodigies -- Oracles -- The Sibylline Oracles -- Incubation/Healers/Dream Interpretation -- Epidaurus -- Dreams -- Sortition -- Manipulating the Divine -- Astrologers and Herbalists -- Necromancy -- Sorceresses and Witches -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter IX The Mysteries -- The Eleusinian Mysteries -- Bona Dea -- The Mysteries of Dionysus -- Orpheus and the Orphic Mysteries -- Bacchus. The Mysteries of Cybele, the Great Mother -- The Mysteries of Magna Mater -- The Cult of Mithras -- The Mysteries of Isis, Osiris, and Serapis -- Serapis -- The Mysteries and the Afterlife -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter X Death and the Afterlife:: Funeral Rites and Funeral Games -- Ancient Concepts of the Afterlife -- The Afterlife in Ancient Greece -- Hades -- Greek Funerals -- Appeasing the Dead -- Funeral Games -- The Afterlife in Ancient Rome -- Roman Funerals -- Roman Funeral Processions -- Appeasing the Dead -- Funeral Games -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter XI Religion and Philosophy -- Schools of Philosophy -- Egypt, Babylon, and Persia -- Philosophy in Ancient Greece -- Miletus and the Pre‐Socratics -- Xenophanes of Colophon (570-475 bce) -- Pythagoras of Samos (582-496 bce) -- Heraclitus of Ephesus (535-475 bce) -- The Sophists (Fifth Century bce) -- Democritus (460-370 bce) -- Cynics -- Plato, Socrates and Platonism (428-348 bce) -- Aristotle (384-322 bce) -- Skepticism -- Stoicism -- Epicurus and Epicureanism -- Philosophy in Ancient Rome -- Antiochus of Ascalon (125-68 bce) -- Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 bc) -- Lucretius (99 bce-c. 45 bce) -- Epicures -- Cicero (106-43 bce) -- Seneca the Younger (4 bce to 65 ce) -- Epictetus (55-135 ce) -- Marcus Aurelius (121-180 ce) -- Plotinus (204-270 ce) -- Porphyry (232-304 ce) -- Iamblichus (242-327 ce) -- Religion, Philosophy, and the Common People -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter XII Religion and the State -- Law and Government in the Ancient World -- Greece -- Sparta -- Athens -- Classical Athens -- Solon's Reforms -- Peisistratos (ruled 561-527 bce) -- Cleisthenes (b. 570? bce) -- The Historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon -- Athenian Courts -- Political Philosophy and Justice -- Plato (424-348 bce) -- Aristotle (384-322 bce). Epicureans and the State -- Stoicism and the State -- Roman Religion and the State -- Examples from the Twelve Tables -- The Imperial State -- Roman Courts -- Roman Political Philosophy -- Seneca (4 bce to 65 ce) -- Plutarch (46-120 ce) -- Epicurus and Epicureanism -- Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 bc) -- Epictetus (55-135 ce) -- Marcus Aurelius (121-180 ce) -- Religion and the State for the Masses -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter XIII The Legacy of Greco‐Roman Religions in Western Culture -- Second Temple Judaism in the First Century -- The Spread of Christianity -- The Divine -- The Traditions of the Ancestors -- Class and Status -- Jesus as God -- Myths and Sacred Stories -- Sacrifice -- Hymns and Prayers -- Christian Liturgy and Ritual -- The Priesthood -- Sacred Space -- Divination -- Philosophy -- Orthodoxy and Heresy -- Adversos Literature -- Persecution and Martyrdom -- The Rise of the Cult of the Saints -- The Devil -- Celibacy and Virginity -- Monasticism -- Religious Calendar/Festivals -- The Afterlife -- Art -- The Council of Nicea and the Trinity -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910555171403321 |
Denova Rebecca I.
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| Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Greek and Roman religions / / Rebecca I. Denova
| Greek and Roman religions / / Rebecca I. Denova |
| Autore | Denova Rebecca I. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (334 pages) |
| Disciplina | 292.08 |
| Collana | Blackwell Ancient Religions |
| ISBN |
1-78785-765-4
1-118-54300-9 1-119-39255-1 1-118-54277-0 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Intro -- Copyright Page -- Preface -- Chapter I Living with the Divine -- The Modern Study of Religion -- Culture and Race -- Cults -- Too Many Gods? -- Polytheism and Monotheism -- Toleration and Religious Pluralism -- Paganism -- Basic Features of Greco‐Roman Religions -- Myths and Sacred Stories -- Acts of Worship -- The Priesthoods -- Purification Rituals -- Communicating with the Divine -- Games -- The Afterlife and Funeral Rites -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter II The Ancient Civilizations of the MediterRanean Basin -- Mesopotamia -- Egypt -- The Egyptian Afterlife -- The Rest of the Neighborhood -- Greece -- The Greco‐Persian Wars -- The Hellenistic Age -- Rome -- The Etruscans -- The City of Rome -- The Punic Wars (264-146 bce) -- The Social War (90-88 bce) -- The End of the Republic -- Subsequent Centuries -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter III Myths, Gods, and Heroes: Greece -- Mythology -- In the Beginning: Greece -- The Myths of the Olympians -- Zeus -- Hera -- Poseidon -- Demeter -- Athena -- Aphrodite -- Ares -- Apollo -- Artemis -- Hermes -- Hephaestus -- Dionysus -- Other Important Deities -- Hestia -- Asclepios -- Tyche -- The Fates -- The Muses -- Heroes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter IV Myths, Gods, and Heroes:: Rome -- In the Beginning: Rome -- Aeneas -- Jupiter -- Juno -- Neptune -- Minerva -- Mars -- Venus -- Apollo -- Diana -- Vulcan -- Vesta -- Mercury -- Ceres -- Other Important Deities -- Penates -- Lares -- Saturn -- Ops -- Bellona -- Fortuna -- Liber/Libera -- Bacchus -- Janus -- Pluto -- Hecate -- Tellus -- Sol Indiges -- Castor and Pollux -- Heroes -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter V Temples and Priests -- Temples -- Priests and the Priesthood: Greece -- Selection -- Duties -- Priests and the Priesthood: Rome -- The College of Pontifices -- Rex Sacrorum -- Flamens.
The Vestal Virgins -- The College of Augurs and Haruspices and the Duoviri Sacris Faciundis -- Fetiales -- Triumviri Epulones -- Sodales -- Luperci -- Fratres Arvales -- Salii -- Libitinarii -- Duties -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter VI Worship of the Gods: Community Religious Festivals -- Pilgrimage -- The Worship of the Gods in Greece and Greek Colonies -- Zeus -- Hera -- Poseidon -- Demeter -- Athena -- Aphrodite -- Ares -- Apollo -- Artemis -- Hermes -- Hephaestus -- Dionysus -- Hestia -- Hades -- Asclepios -- Tyche -- The Fates -- The Muses -- The Worship of the Gods: Rome -- Jupiter -- Juno -- Neptune -- Minerva -- Mars -- Venus -- Apollo -- Diana -- Vulcan -- Vesta -- Mercury -- Ceres -- Saturn -- The Lares -- Ops -- Bellona -- Fortuna -- Liber/Libera -- Bacchus -- Janus -- Pluto -- Castor and Pollux -- Bona Dea -- Flora -- Romulus -- The Lupercalia -- Parentalia -- Parilia -- Hercules -- The Roman Triumph -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter VII Religion and Society -- Social Class -- Honor/Shame -- The Patron/Client Relationship -- Slavery -- The Family in Ancient Greece -- The Father -- Mothers -- Sons -- Daughters -- The Family in Ancient Rome -- The Father -- Mothers -- Sons -- Daughters -- The Ideal Family and the Ideal Society -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter VIII Communicating with the Divine -- Prayers and Hymns -- Divination -- Prophets -- Seers -- Augurs and Haruspices -- Portents and Prodigies -- Oracles -- The Sibylline Oracles -- Incubation/Healers/Dream Interpretation -- Epidaurus -- Dreams -- Sortition -- Manipulating the Divine -- Astrologers and Herbalists -- Necromancy -- Sorceresses and Witches -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter IX The Mysteries -- The Eleusinian Mysteries -- Bona Dea -- The Mysteries of Dionysus -- Orpheus and the Orphic Mysteries -- Bacchus. The Mysteries of Cybele, the Great Mother -- The Mysteries of Magna Mater -- The Cult of Mithras -- The Mysteries of Isis, Osiris, and Serapis -- Serapis -- The Mysteries and the Afterlife -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter X Death and the Afterlife:: Funeral Rites and Funeral Games -- Ancient Concepts of the Afterlife -- The Afterlife in Ancient Greece -- Hades -- Greek Funerals -- Appeasing the Dead -- Funeral Games -- The Afterlife in Ancient Rome -- Roman Funerals -- Roman Funeral Processions -- Appeasing the Dead -- Funeral Games -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter XI Religion and Philosophy -- Schools of Philosophy -- Egypt, Babylon, and Persia -- Philosophy in Ancient Greece -- Miletus and the Pre‐Socratics -- Xenophanes of Colophon (570-475 bce) -- Pythagoras of Samos (582-496 bce) -- Heraclitus of Ephesus (535-475 bce) -- The Sophists (Fifth Century bce) -- Democritus (460-370 bce) -- Cynics -- Plato, Socrates and Platonism (428-348 bce) -- Aristotle (384-322 bce) -- Skepticism -- Stoicism -- Epicurus and Epicureanism -- Philosophy in Ancient Rome -- Antiochus of Ascalon (125-68 bce) -- Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 bc) -- Lucretius (99 bce-c. 45 bce) -- Epicures -- Cicero (106-43 bce) -- Seneca the Younger (4 bce to 65 ce) -- Epictetus (55-135 ce) -- Marcus Aurelius (121-180 ce) -- Plotinus (204-270 ce) -- Porphyry (232-304 ce) -- Iamblichus (242-327 ce) -- Religion, Philosophy, and the Common People -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter XII Religion and the State -- Law and Government in the Ancient World -- Greece -- Sparta -- Athens -- Classical Athens -- Solon's Reforms -- Peisistratos (ruled 561-527 bce) -- Cleisthenes (b. 570? bce) -- The Historians: Herodotus, Thucydides, and Xenophon -- Athenian Courts -- Political Philosophy and Justice -- Plato (424-348 bce) -- Aristotle (384-322 bce). Epicureans and the State -- Stoicism and the State -- Roman Religion and the State -- Examples from the Twelve Tables -- The Imperial State -- Roman Courts -- Roman Political Philosophy -- Seneca (4 bce to 65 ce) -- Plutarch (46-120 ce) -- Epicurus and Epicureanism -- Marcus Terentius Varro (116-27 bc) -- Epictetus (55-135 ce) -- Marcus Aurelius (121-180 ce) -- Religion and the State for the Masses -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Chapter XIII The Legacy of Greco‐Roman Religions in Western Culture -- Second Temple Judaism in the First Century -- The Spread of Christianity -- The Divine -- The Traditions of the Ancestors -- Class and Status -- Jesus as God -- Myths and Sacred Stories -- Sacrifice -- Hymns and Prayers -- Christian Liturgy and Ritual -- The Priesthood -- Sacred Space -- Divination -- Philosophy -- Orthodoxy and Heresy -- Adversos Literature -- Persecution and Martyrdom -- The Rise of the Cult of the Saints -- The Devil -- Celibacy and Virginity -- Monasticism -- Religious Calendar/Festivals -- The Afterlife -- Art -- The Council of Nicea and the Trinity -- Suggestions for Further Reading -- Index -- EULA. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910830400903321 |
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Denova Rebecca I.
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| Hoboken, NJ : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2019 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The things accomplished among us : prophetic tradition in the structural pattern of Luke-Acts / / Rebecca I. Denova
| The things accomplished among us : prophetic tradition in the structural pattern of Luke-Acts / / Rebecca I. Denova |
| Autore | Denova Rebecca I. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Disciplina | 226.4066 |
| Collana |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series
Library of New Testament studies |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
9780567509246
1283200171 9786613200174 0567509249 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910461276203321 |
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Denova Rebecca I.
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| Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The things accomplished among us : prophetic tradition in the structural pattern of Luke-Acts / / Rebecca I. Denova
| The things accomplished among us : prophetic tradition in the structural pattern of Luke-Acts / / Rebecca I. Denova |
| Autore | Denova Rebecca I. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Disciplina | 226.4066 |
| Collana |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series
Library of New Testament studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-20017-1
9786613200174 0-567-50924-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910789672603321 |
|
Denova Rebecca I.
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||
| Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
The things accomplished among us : prophetic tradition in the structural pattern of Luke-Acts / / Rebecca I. Denova
| The things accomplished among us : prophetic tradition in the structural pattern of Luke-Acts / / Rebecca I. Denova |
| Autore | Denova Rebecca I. |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (264 pages) |
| Disciplina | 226.4066 |
| Collana |
Journal for the study of the Old Testament. Supplement series
Library of New Testament studies |
| ISBN |
1-283-20017-1
9786613200174 0-567-50924-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910812490303321 |
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Denova Rebecca I.
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| Sheffield, England : , : Sheffield Academic Press, , [1997] | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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