Religions in the Graeco-Roman World – serie
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SENSORIVM: The Senses in Roman Polytheism
Inbunden, 2021
2283 kr
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SENSORIVM: The Senses in Roman Polytheism explores how a range of cults and rituals were perceived and experienced by participants through one or more senses.The present collection brings together papers from an international group of researchers all inspired by ‘the sensory turn’. Focusing on a …
City of the Moon God
Religious Traditions of Harran
Inbunden, 1992
2648 kr
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This study treats the religious and intellectual history of the city of Harran (Eastern Turkey) from biblical times down to the establishment of Islam. The author starts from the well-known reference in the Qur'an and the early Islamic histories to the people of Harran as Sabians, one of the …
Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370-529, Volume I
Av Trombley
Inbunden, 1995
3446 kr
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This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529.It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against …
Hellenic Religion and Christianization c. 370-529, Volume II
Av Trombley
Inbunden, 1995
4082 kr
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This work discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside in the eastern Roman Empire between the death of Julian the Apostate and the laws of Justinian the Great against paganism, c. 370-529.It examines such questions as the effect of the laws against …
Nemesis, the Roman State and the Games
Inbunden, 1993
5086 kr
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Although Nemesis was already revered in Archaic Greece, the main evidence for worship comes from the Roman Principate. During this period two important facets of the cult were the association of the goddess with the state, and her presence in agonistic contexts. Nemesis, the Roman State and the …
Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres the Magicians
P. Chester Beatty XVI (with New Editions of Papyrus Vindobonensis Greek inv. 29456 + 29828 verso and British Library Cotton Tiberius B. v f. 87). Edited with Introduction, Translation and Commentary. With Full Facsimile of All Three Texts
Inbunden, 1994
4485 kr
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The focus of this volume is the editio princeps of Papyrus Chester Beatty XVI: The Apocryphon of Jannes and Jambres, composed in Greek, perhaps as early as the first century C.E. A full commentary accompanies the edited text.An introductory section discusses the numerous references to the two …
Life and Loyalty
A Study in the Socio-Religious Culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman Period Based on Epigraphical Evidence
Inbunden, 1995
4517 kr
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The formula 'for the life of' is often found in votive inscriptions, cast in Aramaic and other languages, which originate from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and adjacent areas and which roughly date from the first three centuries A.D. They belong to objects like statues and altars that usually …
Sabbath and Synagogue
The Question of Sabbath Worship in Ancient Judaism
Inbunden, 1994
2466 kr
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Sabbath worship as a communal event does not feature in the Hebrew Bible. In the context of the first century CE, according to Philo and Josephus, the sabbath gatherings took place only for the purpose of studying the law, and not for the liturgical recital of psalms or prayer. Classical authors …
Early Amazons
Modern and Ancient Perspectives on a Persistent Myth
Av Josine Blok
Inbunden, 1994
5529 kr
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The Early Amazons offers a new understanding of the ancient Amazon myth, situating mythical representations in the realm of cultural history.The first section examines how the Amazons have presented a challenge to views on history, myth and gender in classical mythology from the late eighteenth …
Pythagorean Golden Verses
With Introduction and Commentary
Inbunden, 1994
2144 kr
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This book is a commentary on the Pythagorean Golden Verses, a neglected, but once very popular poem of the Hellenistic period. The goal of the poem is to introduce its readers to the basic moral, religious and philosophical doctrines of the Pythagorean sect and to guide them to spiritual …
Nile Mosaic of Palestrina
Early Evidence of Egyptian Religion in Italy
Inbunden, 1994
4981 kr
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The famous Nile Mosaic of Palestrina, ancient Praeneste in central Italy, dating to c. 100 B.C., is one of the earliest large mosaics which have been preserved from the classical world. It presents a unique, comprehensive picture of Egypt and Nubia. The interpretation of the mosaic is disputed, …
Helios Megistos
Zur synkretistischen Theologie der Spätantike
Inbunden, 1995
3900 kr
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Helios Megistos deals with conceptions of the Greek sun-god Helios in some selected works of late antique literature. The syncretistic picture is characterized by the heterogenous contours and polyvalent functions that were assigned to the god.The main part of the book presents Helios in the Orphic …
Cybele, Attis and Related Cults
Essays in Memory of M.J. Vermaseren
Inbunden, 1996
4955 kr
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This volume brings together articles on the cult of the mother-goddess Cybele and her consort Attis, from the emergence of the religion in Anatolia through its expansion into Greece and Italy to the latest times of the Roman Empire and its farthest extent west, the Iberian Peninsula.It combines the …
Studies in the Cult of Yahweh
Volume 1. Studies in Historical Method, Ancient Israel, Ancient Judaism
Av Morton Smith
Inbunden, 1995
3000 kr
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These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in …
Studies in the Cult of Yahweh
Volume 2. New Testament, Early Christianity, Magica
Av Morton Smith
Inbunden, 1996
3000 kr
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These two volumes collect some of the most influential and important scholarly essays by the late Morton Smith (1915-1991), for many years Professor of Ancient History at Columbia University in New York City. Smith was admired and feared for his extraordinary ability to look at familiar texts in …
Religion of the Nabataeans
A Conspectus
Av J.F. Healey
Inbunden, 2001
2505 kr
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The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek …
Lukian von Samosata - Alexandros oder der Lügenprophet
Eingeleitet, herausgegeben, übersetzt und erklärt von Ulrich Victor
Inbunden, 1997
2348 kr
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Lucian's Alexander the False Prophet is the only literary testimony to a highly influential cult of the 'New Asclepios Glycon' which, as archaeological evidence continues to document, spread all over the eastern Mediterranean basin throughout the second and third centuries AD.This book offers an …
Traditions of the Magi
Zoroastrianism in Greek and Latin Literature
Inbunden, 1997
6527 kr
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This is the first full treatment of the Greek and Latin references to Zoroastrianism since the pioneering works of Benveniste, Bidez & Cumont, and Clemen. It focuses on the possibilities offered by the classical reports on Zoroastrianism to reconstruct the history of that faith.The book is divided …
Corinth: The First City of Greece
An Urban History of Late Antique Cult and Religion
Inbunden, 2000
2088 kr
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This book addresses cult and religion in the city of Corinth from the 4th to 7th centuries of our era. The work incorporates and synthesizes all available evidence, literary, archaeological and other.The interaction and conflict between Christian and non-Christian activity is placed into its urban …
Pilgrimage and Holy Space in Late Antique Egypt
Inbunden, 1998
5034 kr
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This volume deals with the origins and rise of Christian pilgrimage cults in late antique Egypt. Part One covers the major theoretical issues in the study of Coptic pilgrimage, such as sacred landscape and shrines' catchment areas, while Part Two examines native Egyptian and Egyptian Jewish …
Supreme Gods of the Bosporan Kingdom
Celestial Aphrodite and the Most High God
Inbunden, 1998
3691 kr
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This is the first systematic study of the cults of the Bosporan Kingdom, which existed in South Russia in the first centuries AD. The research is based on a variety of sources: archaeological evidence and inscriptions, largely unknown to the non-Russian readers, as well as historical and literary …
Portraits of Spiritual Authority
Religious Power in Early Christianity, Byzantium and the Christian Orient
Av Jan Willem Drijvers, John Watt
Inbunden, 1999
2257 kr
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This volume deals with several figures of spiritual authority in Christianity during late antiquity and the early middle ages, and seeks to illuminate the way in which the struggle for religious influence evolved with changes in church and society.A number of literary portraits are examined, …
Palmyrenes of Dura-Europos
A Study of Religious Interaction in Roman Syria
Inbunden, 1999
4030 kr
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This volume deals with the religion of Palmyrenes in Dura-Europos during the first three centuries of the Common Era, and focuses upon the religious interaction between this migrant community and their new residence. By studying the religious interaction of distinct groups on a local level, this …
Magic and Ritual in the Ancient World
Inbunden, 2001
5281 kr
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This volume contains a series of provocative essays that explore expressions of magic and ritual power in the ancient world. The essays are authored by leading scholars in the fields of Egyptology, ancient Near Eastern studies, the Hebrew Bible, Judaica, classical Greek and Roman studies, early …
De Memphis à Rome
Actes du Ier Colloque international sur les études isiaques, Poitiers - Futuroscope, 8-10 avril 1999
Inbunden, 2000
2713 kr
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The studies of the Isiac Cults are forty years old. Many of the scholars who have contributed to the development of this particular field of research, - the diffusion of the Egyptian cults in the Graeco-Roman world -, met in the Futuroscope of Poitiers for a three-day colloquium, to establish the …
Kykeon
Studies in Honour of H.S. Versnel
Av H.F.J. Horstmanshoff, H. W. Singor m. fl.
Inbunden, 2002
3130 kr
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A collection of papers with new insights on ancient religion, read at a colloquium in honour of Professor H.S. Versnel ("Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion"). The contributions, presented by nine leading scholars in the field, cover many areas of the religious experience of the Greeks and …
Études sur les Hymnes Orphiques
Inbunden, 2001
3274 kr
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The book is a study of the Orphic Hymns, a collection of 87 Greek texts in hexameter addressed to various deities. These hymns are closely related to one another and seem to originate in Asia Minor during the first centuries of the Christian era. The great originality of this corpus is that a link …
Aegyptiaca Romana
Nilotic Scenes and the Roman Views of Egypt
Inbunden, 2002
3949 kr
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This archaeological study investigates the meaning of the Egyptian and egyptianising artefacts that have been preserved from the Roman world in different ways.Its point of departure is a detailed study on the so-called Nilotic scenes or Nilotic landscapes. The book presents a comprehensive and …
Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume III: Provincial Cult. Part 1: Institution and Evolution
Inbunden, 2002
2557 kr
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This volume deals with the institution and evolution of imperial cult at the provincial level from the earliest foundations under Augustus down to the mid-third century A.D.On the basis of detailed examination of evidence from the different regions or provinces of the Latin west the emphasis of …
Imperial Cult in the Latin West, Volume III: Provincial Cult. Part 2: The Provincial Priesthood
Inbunden, 2002
2713 kr
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This volume analyzes the priesthood of the provincial cult in every province of the Latin west where evidence has survived in the period from Augustus down to the mid third century.Particular attention is paid to the epigraphic record, notably the Testimony of honorific statues especially at …
