Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, traveled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean: itinerant charismatic practitioners journeying from place to place peddled their skills as healers, purifiers, cursers, and initiators; and vessels decorated with illustrations of myths traveled with them. New gods encountered in foreign lands by merchants and conquerors were sometimes taken home to be adapted and adopted. This collection of essays by a distinguished international group of scholars, drawn from the groundbreaking reference work Religions of the Ancient World, offers an expansive, comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world.
Edited by:
Sarah Iles Johnston
Imprint: Harvard Uni.Press Academi
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 251mm,
Width: 165mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 478g
ISBN: 9780674025486
ISBN 10: 0674025482
Pages: 288
Publication Date: 30 September 2007
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Introduction Sarah Iles Johnston Note on Translation and Transliteration Abbreviations Maps 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 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 W. Attridge Epilogue Bruce Lincoln Contributors Index
Sarah Iles Johnston is Professor of Greek and Latin at The Ohio State University.
