The religious aspects of war in the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome /

The religious aspects of war in the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome /

The Religious Aspect of Warfare in the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome is a volume dedicated to investigating the relationship between religion and war in antiquity in minute detail. The nineteen chapters are divided into three groups: the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. They are presented i...

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Other Authors: Ulanowski, Krzysztof.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2016.

Series: Culture and History of the Ancient Near East 84.
Biblical Studies, Ancient Near East and Early Christianity E-Books Online, Collection 2016, ISBN: 9789004303812.

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War > Religious aspects.
Middle East.
Greece.
Rome.

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Call Number: BL65.W2

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction /
  • Krzysztof Ulanowski
  • War in Mesopotamian Culture /
  • Pietro Mander
  • Some Remarks Concerning the Development of the Theology of War in Ancient Mesopotamia /
  • Vladimir Sazonov
  • Battle-Descriptions in Mesopotamian Sources i: Presargonic and Sargonic Period /
  • Sebastian Fink
  • A Comparison of the Role of Bāru and Mantis in Ancient Warfare /
  • Krzysztof Ulanowski
  • Eclipses and the Precipitation of Conflict: Deciphering the Signal to Attack /
  • Micah Ross
  • War and Religion in Ancient Greece /
  • Robert Parker
  • The Terrified Face of Alcyoneus: The Religious Character of Greek Warfare, or What about the Vanquished? /
  • Bogdan Burliga
  • The Burning of Greek Temples by the Persians and Greek War-Propaganda /
  • Eduard Rung
  • Weather, Luck and the Divine in Thucydides /
  • Rachel Bruzzone
  • Xenophon's Piety within the Hipparchikos /
  • Simone Agrimonti
  • The Mounted Torch-Race at the Athenian Bendideia /
  • Nicholas Sekunda
  • Like Gods among Men. The Use of Religion and Mythical Issues during Alexander's Campaign /
  • Borja Antela-Bernárdez
  • Defence and Offence in the Egyptian Royal Titles of Alexander the Great /
  • Ivan Ladynin
  • Egyptian Warriors: Machimoi, in Coroplastic Art-Selected Examples /
  • Sławomir Jędraszek
  • Clenar larans etnam svalce: Myth, Religion, and Warfare in Etruria /
  • Joshua R. Hall
  • The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Campus Martius: Peace and War, Antinomic or Complementary Realities in the Roman World /
  • Dan-Tudor Ionescu
  • The Religious Legitimation of War in the Reign of Antoninus Pius /
  • André Heller
  • Roman Soldiers in Official Cult Ceremonies: Performance, Participation and Religious Experience /
  • Tomasz Dziurdzik
  • Religious Aspects of the Bar Kokhba Revolt: The Founding of Aelia Capitolina on the Ruins of Jerusalem /
  • Boaz Zissu and Hanan Eshel
  • Index of Authors.