The religion of the Nabataeans : a conspectus /
The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek litera...
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Format: eBook
Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2001.
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Religions in the Graeco-Roman World
136.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.
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Call Number: BL1677 .H43 2001
| Summary: | The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek literary texts. After a critical survey of the sources, the author analyses systematically the information on the individual gods worshipped by the Nabataeans, including a detailed illustrated account of temples and iconography. A further major section discusses religious themes: aniconism, henotheism, death-cult and the divinisation of kings. In a final chapter, Nabataean religion is considered in relation to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The book will be of particular interest to historians of religion in the Graeco-Roman Near East and to Semitic epigraphists. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 242 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 211-234) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9789004301481 |
| ISSN: | 0927-7633 ; |
| Access: | Available to subscribing member institutions only. |