Housing the chosen : the architectural context of mystery groups and religious associations in the ancient world /

Housing the chosen : the architectural context of mystery groups and religious associations in the ancient world /

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Main Author: Nielsen, Inge, 1950- (Author)

Format: Book

Language: English

Published: Turnhout, Belgium : Brepols, [2014].

Series: Contextualizing the sacred ; 2.

Subjects:

Religious architecture > Greece.
Religious architecture > Middle East.
Architecture, Ancient > Greece.
Architecture, Ancient > Middle East.
Mysteries, Religious > Greece.
Mysteries, Religious > Middle East.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Greece.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Middle East.

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Call Number: NA5592 .N54 2014

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Table of Contents:
  • External parallels: the Near East and Egypt
  • The Greek area and Italy
  • Rooms for religious assemblies inside the sanctuaries
  • Rooms for religious assemblies outside the sanctuaries
  • The initiation rites and the celebration of mysteries
  • Religious assemblies and communal banquets
  • Types of settings for mystery groups and religious associations.