New faith in ancient lands : Western missions in the Middle East in the nineteenth and early twentienth [i.e. twentieth] centuries /
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Over the centuries, the Middle East has held an important place in the religious consciousness of many Christians in West and East. In the nineteenth century, these interests culminated in extensive missionary work of Protestant and Roman Catholic organisations, among Eastern Christians, Muslims and Jews. The present volume, in articles written by an international group of scholars, discusses themes like the historical background of Christian geopiety among Roman Catholics and Protestants, and the internal tensions and conflicting aims of missions and missionaries, such as between nationalist and internationalist interests, between various rival organisations and between conversionalist and civilizational aims of missions in the Ottoman Empire. In a synthetic overview and a comprehensive bibliography an up-to-date introduction into this field is provided.
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Proceedings of a symposium held in Jan. 2005 at the Universiteit Leiden. :
1 online resource (xi, 339 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-328) and index. :
9789047411406 :
0924-9389 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Textile messages : inscribed fabrics from Roman to Abbasid Egypt /
: Papers from a study group held in Berlin, Jan. 25-26, 2003 sponsored by the Museum für Islamische Kunst and the Skulpturensammlung und Museum für Byzantinische Kunst. : xxii, 261 pages, [87] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm. : Includes bibliographical references and indexes. : 9789004149564 : 0924-7696 ;
Transformations of the Inner Self in Ancient Religions /
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This collection of papers from two workshops - held in Heidelberg, Germany, in July 1996 and Jerusalem, Israel, in October 1997 - is concerned with anthropological rather than theological aspects of the Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions, ranging from the 'primary' religions of the archaic period and their complex developments in Egypt and Mesopotamia to the 'soteriological' movements and 'secondary' religions that emerged in Late Antiquity. The first part of the book focuses on \'Confession and Conversion\', while the second part is devoted to the topic of \'Guilt, Sin and Rituals of Purification\'. The primary purpose of this volume is to convey a sense of the dynamics and dialectical relationships between the various Near Eastern and Mediterranean religions from the archaic period to Late Antiquity.
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Two contributions in German, one in French. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789004379084 :
0169-8834 ;
Altägyptische Enzyklopädien : die Soubassements in den Tempeln der griechisch-römischen Zeit /
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OCLC 882905773
Papers of Internationale Tagung Tempel als Kanon der religiösen Literatur Ägyptens held May 29-June 1, 2012 in Heidelberg.
Conference sponsored by Heidelberger Akademie der Wissenschaften. :
2 volumes (ix, 1082 pages, 18, 34 pages of plates) : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9783447100212 :
2190-3646 ; :
https://catalog.loc.gov/vwebv/staffView?searchId=43270&recPointer=0&recCount=25&searchType=0&bibId=18397904
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Egypt at its origins 2 : proceedings of the international conference "Origin of the State...
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"The proceedings of the Second International Conference about Predynastic and Early Dynastic Egypt (Toulouse, France, 2005) present the results of the latest research on the rise of the Pharaonic culture in Ancient Egypt. It contains 65 contributions by 80 authors from different countries. The articles in this volume have been organised in nine thematic sections: craft and craft specialisation; physical anthropology; geoarchaeology and environmental sciences; interactions between Upper and Lower Egypt; interactions between the desert and the Nile Valley; foreign relations; birth of writing and kingship; cult, ideology and social complexity; excavations and museums."--BOOK JACKET.
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xli, 1236 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9789042919945
9042919949
Les criteres de datation stylistiques a l'ancien empire /
: [actes de la 2e rencontre internationale consacrée aux critères stylistiques de datation propres à l'Ancien empire, Institut français d'archéologie orientale, 10-13 novembre 1994] : x, 419 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm. : Includes bibliographical references. : 2724702069
Other worlds and their relation to this world : early Jewish and ancient Christian traditions /
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Is there a future after death and what does this future look like? What kind of life can we expect, and in what kind of world? Is there another, hopefully better world than the one we live in? The articles collected in this volume, all written by leading experts in the field, deal with the question how ancient Jewish and Christian authors describe "otherworldly places and situations". They investigate why various forms of texts were created to address the questions above, how these texts functioned, and how they have to be understood. It is shown how ancient descriptions of the "otherworld" are taking over and reworking existing motifs, forms and genres, but also that they mirror concrete problems, ideas, experiences, and questions of their authors and the first readers.
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Proceedings of a conference held Mar. 21-23, 2007 at Radboud University. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. :
9789004190733 :
1384-2161 ; :
Available to subscribing member institutions only.
Life in a multi-cultural society : Egypt from Cambyses to Constantine and beyond /
: Papers presented at a symposium held at the Oriental Institute, Sept. 4-8, 1990. : xxvii, 514 pages : illustrations ; 30 cm. : Includes bibliographical references (pages 365-438) and indexes. : 0918986842 : 0081-7554 ;
Handel als Medium von Kulturkontakt : Akten des interdisziplinären altertumswissenschaftlichen Kolloquiums (Basel, 30.-31. Oktober 2009) /
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Trade/exchange and cultural contacts are topics which defy single-disciplinary approaches to antiquity. They were combined for the last of the interdisciplinary colloquia in ancient studies (2009) organised by junior researchers from Basel University to enhance interdisciplinary research between the various subject areas. A key objective of the format was to bring together students, junior and senior researchers from various fields of research and to integrate their discussion into a teaching unit on both undergraduate and graduate level. The aim of the conference was not to study the topic of trade/exchange as a medium of cultural contact comprehensively but rather to highlight its potential for interdisciplinary teaching and research. Three key aspects were addressed: theoretical perspectives, specific case studies discussing material traces of trade/exchange in the context of cultural contacts, and the extent to which the subject had already been part of ancient discourse. The volume includes chapters by Celine Wawruschka on theoretical approaches to exchange in archaeology, Rainer Nutz on trade in Middle Kingdom Egypt, Faried Adrom on Late Minoan Crete and Egypt, Rania Kirreh on the Phoenician trading network as witnessed by ceramic sources, Lucja Zieba on slave trade/human trafficking in the Homeric epics, and Beatrice Wyss on trade between the Mediterranean and India as mirrored in Philon's criticism on luxury. A concluding chapter by Melanie Wasmuth (with students' contributions) synthesizes discussions during the colloquium and follow-up sessions.
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International conference proceedings. :
viii, 175 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9783727817847