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Religions of the ancient world : a guide / Sarah Iles Johnston, general editor.

Contributor(s): Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-
Material type: TextTextSeries: Harvard University Press reference library: Publisher: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004Description: xvii, 697 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 27 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0674015177 (cloth: alk. paper)Subject(s): Mediterranean Region -- ReligionDDC classification: 200/.93 LOC classification: BL687 | .R47 2004Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Partial contents:
Encountering ancient religions. What is ancient Mediterranean religion? / Fritz Graf -- Monotheism and polytheism / Jan Assmann -- Ritual / Jan Bremmer -- Myth / Fitz 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 Attridge -- Key Topics. Sacred times and spaces -- Religious personnel -- Religious organizations and bodies -- Sacrifice, offerings, and votives -- Prayers, hymns, incantations, and curses -- Divination and prophecy -- Deities and demons -- Religious practices of the individual and family -- Rites of passage -- Illnesses and other crises -- Death, the afterlife, and other last things -- Sin, pollution, and purity -- Ethics and law codes -- Theology, theodicy, philosophy -- Religion and politics -- Controlling religion -- Myth and sacred narratives -- Visual representations -- Sacred texts and canonicity -- Esotericism and mysticism -- Epilogue / Bruce Lincoln.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Encountering ancient religions. What is ancient Mediterranean religion? / Fritz Graf -- Monotheism and polytheism / Jan Assmann -- Ritual / Jan Bremmer -- Myth / Fitz 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 Attridge -- Key Topics. Sacred times and spaces -- Religious personnel -- Religious organizations and bodies -- Sacrifice, offerings, and votives -- Prayers, hymns, incantations, and curses -- Divination and prophecy -- Deities and demons -- Religious practices of the individual and family -- Rites of passage -- Illnesses and other crises -- Death, the afterlife, and other last things -- Sin, pollution, and purity -- Ethics and law codes -- Theology, theodicy, philosophy -- Religion and politics -- Controlling religion -- Myth and sacred narratives -- Visual representations -- Sacred texts and canonicity -- Esotericism and mysticism -- Epilogue / Bruce Lincoln.

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