The variety of local religious life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman periods /

The variety of local religious life in the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman periods /

A 'Near Eastern religion', along the lines of 'Greek religion' or 'Roman religion', is hard to distinguish for the Classical period, since the religious cultures of the many cities, villages and regions that constituted the Near East in the Hellenistic and Roman periods...

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Other Authors: Kaizer, Ted.

Format: eBook

Language: English

Published: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2008.

Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 164.
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World Online, ISBN: 9789004299672.

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Middle East > Religious life and customs.

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Call Number: BL1060 .V37 2008

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Table of Contents:
  • Preliminary Materials
  • Introduction
  • The Aniconic Image Of The Roman Near East /
  • Milette Gaifman
  • Sanctuaries And Villages On Mt Hermon During The Roman Period /
  • Julien Aliquot
  • Religious Architecture In The Roman Near East: Temples Of The Basalt Lands (Trachon And Hauran) /
  • Arthur Segal
  • Artemis And Zeus Olympios In Roman Gerasa And Seleucid Religious Policy /
  • Achim Lichtenberger
  • How To Be A Bad Samaritan: The Local Cult Of Mt Gerizim /
  • Jonathan Kirkpatrick
  • Man And God At Palmyra: Sacrifice, Lectisternia And Banquets
  • Tradition And Change In The Beliefs At Assur, Nineveh And Nisibis Between 300 Bc And Ad 300 /
  • Peter W. Haider
  • Aspects Of Hatrene Religion: A Note On The Statues Of Kings And Nobles From Hatra /
  • Lucinda Dirven
  • Ephraem Syrus And The Solar Cult /
  • Jürgen Tubach
  • Bibliography
  • Indices
  • Plates.