Ancient Religions

Published by Harvard University Press 2007

Ancient Religions

Edited by: Sarah Iles Johnston

https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674039186

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About this book

Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean. This collection of essays, drawn from the groundbreaking reference work Religions of the Ancient World, offers an expansive, comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world.

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Introduction Sarah Iles Johnston Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Note on Translation and Transliteration Publicly Available Download PDF	xiii
Abbreviations Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
Maps Publicly Available Download PDF	xvi
Encountering ancient religions
What Is Ancient Mediterranean Religion? Fritz Graf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	1
Monotheism and Polytheism Jan Assmann Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	17
Ritual Jan Bremmer Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	32
Myth Fritz Graf Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	45
Cosmology: Time and History John J. Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	59
Pollution, Sin, Atonement, Salvation Harold W. Attridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	71
Law and Ethics Eckart Otto Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	84
Mysteries Sarah Iles Johnston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	98
Religions in Contact John Scheid Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	112
Writing and Religion Mary Beard Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	127
Magic Sarah Iles Johnston Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	139
Histories
Egypt Jan Assmann and David Frankfurter Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	155
Mesopotamia Paul-Alain Beaulieu Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	165
Syria and Canaan David P. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	173
Israel John J. Collins Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	181
Anatolia: Hittites David P. Wright Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	189
Iran William Malandra and Michael Stausberg Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	197
Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations Nanno Marinatos Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	206
Greece Jon Mikalson Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	210
Etruria Olivier de Cazanove Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	220
Rome John North Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	225
Early Christianity Harold W. Attridge Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	233
Epilogue Bruce Lincoln Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	241
Contributors Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	253
Index Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	255

Language: English
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Audience: General/trade;
Pages
- Main content: 288

eBook

Published: July 1, 2009
ISBN: 9780674039186