Myth and Ritual in the Ancient Near East
Author | : E. O. James |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2003-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780758162717 |
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Author | : E. O. James |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2003-01 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780758162717 |
Author | : Edwin Oliver James |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 362 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Mythology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Anne Porter |
Publisher | : Penn State Press |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2012-09-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1575066769 |
What is sacrifice? How can we identify it in the archaeological record? And what does it tell us about the societies that practice it? Sacred Killing: The Archaeology of Sacrifice in the Ancient Near East investigates these and other questions through the evidence for human and animal sacrifice in the Near East from the Neolithic to the Hellenistic periods. Drawing on sociocultural anthropology and history in addition to archaeology, the book also includes evidence from ancient China and a riveting eyewitness account and analysis of sacrifice in contemporary India, which engage some of the key issues at stake. Sacred Killing vividly presents a variety of methods and theories in the study of one of the most profound and disturbing ritual activities humans have ever practiced.
Author | : Edwin Oliver James |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Mythology |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Fred Gladstone Bratton |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1993 |
Genre | : Legends |
ISBN | : 9781566194396 |
Author | : Samuel Henry Hooke |
Publisher | : Oxford : Clarendon Press |
Total Pages | : 328 |
Release | : 1958 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Jan N. Bremmer |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 445 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004164731 |
This book greatly enhances our knowledge of the interrelationship of Greek religion & culture and the Ancient Near East by offering important analyses of Greek myths, divinities and terms like a ~magica (TM) and 'paradise', but also of the Greek contribution to the Christian notion of atonement.
Author | : Theodor Herzl Gaster |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 520 |
Release | : 1975 |
Genre | : Middle East |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Kwang-chih CHANG |
Publisher | : Harvard University Press |
Total Pages | : 157 |
Release | : 2009-06-30 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 0674029402 |
A leading scholar in the United States on Chinese archaeology challenges long-standing conceptions of the rise of political authority in ancient China. Questioning Marx's concept of an "Asiatic" mode of production, Wittfogel's "hydraulic hypothesis," and cultural-materialist theories on the importance of technology, K. C. Chang builds an impressive counterargument, one which ranges widely from recent archaeological discoveries to studies of mythology, ancient Chinese poetry, and the iconography of Shang food vessels.
Author | : S. H. Hooke |
Publisher | : Courier Corporation |
Total Pages | : 228 |
Release | : 2004-01-01 |
Genre | : Social Science |
ISBN | : 9780486435510 |
The role of mythology in ritual and its place in the origins of customs, cults, and hero worship are the areas covered by this survey. Based on firsthand sources, this book recounts the legends of the Egyptians, Babylonians, Assyrians, Hittites, and Canaanites, in addition to discussing the mythological elements of the Jewish apocalyptic literature and the New Testament. The author's well-documented commentary highlights the similarities between various Middle Eastern legends and offers revealing citations from documents, tablets, and inscriptions recovered by archaeological excavations. It contains 16 black-and-white illustrations.