| Description |
xvii, 697 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm. |
| Series |
Harvard University Press reference library
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Harvard University Press reference library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction / Sarah Iles Johnston -- ENCOUNTERING ANCIENT RELIGIONS -- What is ancient Mediterranean religion? / Fritz Graf -- Monotheism and polytheism / Jan Assmann -- Ritual / Jan Bremmer -- Myth / Fritz 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, David Frankfurter -- Mesopotamia / Paul-Alain Beaulieu -- Syria and Canaan / David P. Wright -- Israel / John J. Collins -- Anatolia: Hittites / David P. Wright -- Iran / William Malandra, Michael Stausberg -- Minoan and Mycenaean civilizations / Nanno Marinatos -- Greece / Jon Mikalson -- Etruria / Olivier de Cazanove -- Rome / John North -- Early Christianity / Harold Attridge. |
| Subject |
Mediterranean Region -- Religion.
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Mediterranean Region. |
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Religion. |
| Added Author |
Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-
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| ISBN |
0674015177 cloth alkaline paper |
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