The religious life of Nabataea /

The religious life of Nabataea /

Flourishing in the centuries around the birth of Christ, the Nabataean kingdom covered a large swathe of the north-western Arabian Peninsula and was shaped by cultural influences from the Mediterranean, Arabian and wider Semitic worlds. The Religious Life of Nabataea examines the inscriptions, sculp...

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Main Author: Alpass, Peter.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2013.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 175.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

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Nabataeans > Religion.

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Call Number: BL1677 .A47 2013

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Material
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Petra's Sacred Spaces: Gods and Worshippers
  • 3. Hegra in Context: Nabataean Towns in the Northern Hijaz
  • 4. The Nabataean Negev: Across the Wadi Arabah
  • 5. Nabataeans in the Hauran: Political and Religious Boundaries
  • 6. Three Sanctuaries in Central Nabataea: Form, Function and Followers
  • 7. Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • Figures.