Ancient religions

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Corporate Author: ebrary, Inc
Other Authors: Johnston, Sarah Iles, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2007.
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Table of 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.