Research Catalog

Title

Ancient religions / Sarah Iles Johnston, general editor.

Publication

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

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Additional Authors

Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-

Description

xi, 266 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Subjects

• Religions
• Civilization, Ancient

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

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.

Call Number

JFF 07-1116

ISBN

• 9780674025486 (pbk. : alk. paper)
• 0674025482 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2007016512

OCLC

123767062

Title

Ancient religions / Sarah Iles Johnston, general editor.

Imprint

Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Added Author

Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-

Research Call Number

JFF 07-1116