| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 342 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions,
0169-8834 ;
v. 123
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Studies in the history of religions ; 123.
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| Note |
Proceedings of a conference held in Dec. 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-335) and index. |
| Contents |
Wind and smoke : giving up the ghost of Enkidu, comprehending Enkidu's ghosts / Jerrold S. Cooper -- Belief and the dead in Pharaonic Egypt / Christopher J. Eyre -- Where have all the ghosts gone? : evolution of a concept in biblical literature / Sze-kar Wan -- Ghosts and responsibility : the Hebrew Bible, Confucius, Plato / Steven Shankman -- Roman manes : the dead as gods / Charles W. King -- Ghostly troop and the battle over death : William of Auvergne (d. 1249) connects Christian, Old Norse, and Irish views / Alan E. Bernstein -- Ghosts of the European Enlightenment / Fernando Vidal -- Ghost, vampire, and scientific naturalism : observation and evidence in the supernatural fiction of Grant Allen, Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle / Shang-jen Li -- Cult of Vetāla and Tantric fantasy / Po-chi Huang -- Culture of ghosts in the Six Dynasties period (c. 220-589 C.E.) / Mu-chou Poo -- Allegorical narrative in Six Dynasties anomaly tales : ghostly sightings and afterworld vengeance / Yuan-ju Liu -- Chinese ghosts : reconciling psychoanalytic, structuralist, and Marxian perspectives / P. Steven Sangren. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Ghosts -- Congresses.
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Ghosts. |
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Spirits -- Congresses.
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Spirits. |
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Religions -- Congresses.
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Religions. |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Added Author |
Pu, Muzhou.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rethinking ghosts in world religions. Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009 9789004171527 (DLC) 2009004700 (OCoLC)286436153 |
| ISBN |
9789047424840 (electronic book) |
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9047424840 (electronic book) |
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9789004171527 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
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9004171525 (hardback ; alkaline paper) |
| Standard No. |
10.1163/ej.9789004171527.i-344 |
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