Religions of the ancient world : a guide /
Sarah Iles Johnston, general editor.
- Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2004.
- xvii, 697 p. : ill., maps ; 27 cm.
- Harvard University Press reference library .
- Harvard University Press reference library. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is ancient Mediterranean religion? / Monotheism and polytheism / Ritual / Myth / Cosmology: time and history / Pollution, sin, atonement, salvation / Law and ethics / Mysteries / Religions in contact / Writing and religion / Magic / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Egypt / Mesopotamia / Syria and Canaan / Israel / Anatolia: Hittites / Iran / Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations / Greece / Etruria / Rome / Early Christianity / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Fritz Graf -- Jan Assmann -- Jan Bremmer -- Fritz Graf -- John J. Collins -- Harold W. Attridge -- Eckart Otto -- Sarah Iles Johnston -- John Scheid -- Mary Beard -- Jan Assmann, David Frankfurter -- Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- David P. Wright -- John J. Collins -- David P. Wright -- William Malandra, Michael Stausberg -- Nanno Marinatos -- Jon Mikalson -- Olivier de Cazanove -- John North -- Harold Attridge. Introduction / ENCOUNTERING ANCIENT RELIGIONS -- HISTORIES --
"At once sweeping in scope and format, the Guide eschews the usual encyclopedic approach, instead presenting, side by side, materials from ten cultures and traditions. Thus specific beliefs, cults, gods, and ritual practices that arose and developed in Mediterranean religions - of Egypt, Anatolia and the Near East, Mesopotamia, Iran, Greece, and the Roman world, from the third millennium BCE to the fourth century CE - are interpreted in comparison with one another, and with reference to aspects that crisscross cultural boundaries, such as Cosmology, Myth, Law and Ethics, and Magic. Written by leading scholars of ancient religion, the essays in this guide sketch the various religious histories, raise central theoretical issues, and examine individual topics such as Sacred Times and Spaces; Prayers, Hymns, Incantations, and Curses; Sin, Pollution, and Purity; Death, the Afterlife, and Other Last Things; Divination and Prophecy; Deities and Demons; and Sacred Texts and Canonicity."--BOOK JACKET.
0674015177 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780674015173 (cloth: alk. paper)
2004054570
Mediterranean Region--Religion.
BL687 / .R47 2004
200/.93
Includes bibliographical references and index.
What is ancient Mediterranean religion? / Monotheism and polytheism / Ritual / Myth / Cosmology: time and history / Pollution, sin, atonement, salvation / Law and ethics / Mysteries / Religions in contact / Writing and religion / Magic / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Egypt / Mesopotamia / Syria and Canaan / Israel / Anatolia: Hittites / Iran / Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations / Greece / Etruria / Rome / Early Christianity / Sarah Iles Johnston -- Fritz Graf -- Jan Assmann -- Jan Bremmer -- Fritz Graf -- John J. Collins -- Harold W. Attridge -- Eckart Otto -- Sarah Iles Johnston -- John Scheid -- Mary Beard -- Jan Assmann, David Frankfurter -- Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- David P. Wright -- John J. Collins -- David P. Wright -- William Malandra, Michael Stausberg -- Nanno Marinatos -- Jon Mikalson -- Olivier de Cazanove -- John North -- Harold Attridge. Introduction / ENCOUNTERING ANCIENT RELIGIONS -- HISTORIES --
"At once sweeping in scope and format, the Guide eschews the usual encyclopedic approach, instead presenting, side by side, materials from ten cultures and traditions. Thus specific beliefs, cults, gods, and ritual practices that arose and developed in Mediterranean religions - of Egypt, Anatolia and the Near East, Mesopotamia, Iran, Greece, and the Roman world, from the third millennium BCE to the fourth century CE - are interpreted in comparison with one another, and with reference to aspects that crisscross cultural boundaries, such as Cosmology, Myth, Law and Ethics, and Magic. Written by leading scholars of ancient religion, the essays in this guide sketch the various religious histories, raise central theoretical issues, and examine individual topics such as Sacred Times and Spaces; Prayers, Hymns, Incantations, and Curses; Sin, Pollution, and Purity; Death, the Afterlife, and Other Last Things; Divination and Prophecy; Deities and Demons; and Sacred Texts and Canonicity."--BOOK JACKET.
0674015177 (cloth: alk. paper) 9780674015173 (cloth: alk. paper)
2004054570
Mediterranean Region--Religion.
BL687 / .R47 2004
200/.93