Le culte des divinités orientales en Campanie en dehors de Pompéi, de Stabies et d'Herculanum.
: 1 online resource (xxi, 261 pages, 73 pages of plates) : illustrations, map. : Includes bibliographical references (p. xiii-xv). : 9789004296275 : Available to subscribing member institutions only.
War Traditions from the Qumran Caves : Re-Thinking Textual Stability and Fluidity in the War Text manuscripts /
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In this volume, Hanna Vanonen offers a fresh view to the Milhamah and Sefer ha-Milhamah manuscripts by producing a thorough close-reading analysis of them, paying attention not only to their contents but also to manuscripts as material artifacts. Vanonen demonstrates that studying the stability and instability of the War traditions does more justice to the complex material than a traditional chronological literary-critical model. In addition, Vanonen argues that at least liturgical use and study purposes may have created needs for producing different manuscripts that were simultaneously important.
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In this volume, Hanna Vanonen offers a fresh, thorough analysis of a group of intriguing War-related manuscripts from the Second Temple times, paying attention both to their contents and to manuscripts as material artifacts. :
1 online resource. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004512061
9789004510531
Religion and social transformations in Cyprus : from the Cypriot basileis to the Hellenistic strategos /
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This monograph focuses on religion to explore how the socio-cultural infrastructure of Cyprus was affected by the transition from segmented administration by many Cypriot kings to the island-wide government by a foreign Ptolemaic correspondent. It approaches politico-religious ideological responses and structures of symbolism through the study of sacred landscapes, specific iconographic elements, and archaeological contexts and architecture, as well as through textual and epigraphic evidence. A fresh approach to the transition is put forward, connecting the island more emphatically with its longue durée. Moving beyond the field of Cypriot studies, this work also serves as a paradigm for the study of religion in relation to social power in other fields of classics and, in particular, for the enrolment of other areas of the Mediterranean into the political and cultural Hellenistic oikoumene.
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Title from PDF title page (viewed on Dec. 3, 2012). :
1 online resource (xxiii, 604 pages) : illustrations, mappages. :
Includes bibliographical references and index. :
9789004233805 :
0169-8958 ; :
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Cretan sanctuaries and cults : continuity and change from Late Minoan IIIC to the Archaic period /
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This volume documents the development of Cretan sanctuaries and associated cults from the end of the Late Bronze Age into the Archaic Period (c.1200-600 BC). The book supplies up-to-date site catalogues and discusses recurring types of sanctuaries, the history of their use and their religious and social functions, offering new insights into the period as a whole. Ancient Crete is known as an island whose religion displays a strong continuity with 'Minoan' traditions. The period of 1200-600 BC in general, however, is considered as one of profound socio-political and cultural change. This study explores the idea of 'continuity' by detailing the different processes and mechanisms involved in the maintenance of older cult traditions and provides balance by placing the observed changes in cult customs and the use of sanctuaries in the broader context of societal change.
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1 online resource (xviii, 737 pages, [53] pages of plates) : illustrations, maps. :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 655-699) and index. :
9789047406907 :
0927-7633 ; :
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Modelling Christianisation : a geospatial analysis of the archaeological data in the rural church network of Hungary in the 11th-12th centuries /
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This work breaks new ground by studying the underutilised archaeological material for the Christianisation of the medieval kingdom of Hungary; it draws on the archaeological record relating to the Christianisation of the commoners - rural churches and field cemeteries - and more precisely (digital) archaeological archival data.
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Also issued in print: 2022. :
1 online resource (160 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803272801 (PDF ebook) :
Flaming lioness : ancient hymns for egyptian goddesses /
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4th cover indicated : "The Eye of Ra is a title of many ancient Egyptian Goddesses. The Eye of Ra protects Ra and all of Egypt from enemies. The Eye of Ra is a solar goddess associated with the cycles of the sun, solar eclipses, the star Sirius, Venus, the Morning Star, and the full moon. All the Eye goddesses are associated with solar rays, flame and starlight—in both restorative and destructive capacities. The Eye Goddesses are associated with snakes, cobras, lionesses, leopards and cats.
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1 vol. (vii-264 p.) ; 23 cm. :
Bibliogr. p. 242-243. Notes bibliogr. at the end of pages. Glossary. :
9780359247691
Aegean mercenaries in light of the Bible : clash of cultures in the story of David and Goliath /
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The story of the duel of David and Goliath, the Philistine champion, is narrated in the Bible in several versions. While its symbolic importance in Judaism and later in Christianity gradually came to represent the battle between good and evil, true faith and paganism, attempts were made since ancient times to solve its ambiguities. In modern research, the story arouses many disputes. There is controversy about the degree of realism and fantasy in it and there is also no agreement as to the time it was composed. The purpose of this study is not only to shed light on the enigmas about the protagonists and the time of the story, but also to understand why the importance of its message did not lessen and in what circumstances the interest in it was prolonged.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) :
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Includes bibliographical references. :
9781784911072 (PDF ebook) :
Making pictures of war : realia et imaginaria in the iconology of the ancient Near East /
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This work brings together the main discussions that took place at an international conference on the iconology of war in the ancient Near East, a subject never addressed at an international meeting before.
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Selected conference papers.
Previously issued in print: 2016. :
1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
9781784914042 (ebook) :
Diana Umbronensis a Scoglietto : santuario, territorio e cultura material (200a.C.-550d.C.) /
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This volume details the archaeological investigations of the ager Rusellanus, in coastal southern Etruria, undertaken by the Alberese Archaeological Project. It focuses on the Roman temple and sanctuary dedicated to Diana Umbronensis, located at Scoglietto (Alberese - GR) on the ancient Tyrrhenian coast.
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1 online resource : illustrations (black and white). :
Specialized. :
9781784910532 (PDF ebook) :
Les représentations de Mars Ultor sur les pierres gravées /
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Gems representing the Mars Ultor type were produced between the 1st and 4th centuries. Scattered around the world, the 240-odd engraved stones gathered here attest to the longevity and impact of the Augustan image in Roman iconography and allow us to follow the variations in meaning of the motif.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (170 pages) : illustrations (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803275109 (PDF ebook) :
Religion and Cult in the Dodecanese During the First Millennium BC : proceedings of the International Archaeological Conference /
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This volume publishes the proceedings of the conference of the same name, held in Rhodes in October 2018. Contributions draw on archaeological and literary sources to explore both the development and continuity of cults in the Dodecanese, from the Early Iron Age through to the 1st century BC.
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Conference proceedings.
Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (xi, 321 pages) : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803274522 (PDF ebook) : :
Open access.
Personal religion in domestic contexts during the New Kingdom : the impact of the Amarna period /
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This study has three main themes: the definition of personal religion and religious domestic practices from a theoretical perspective; the description and analysis of the main archaeological and anthropological evidence; and, on that basis, the study of the impact of the Amarna period in the development of personal religion during the New Kingdom.
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Also issued in print: 2023. :
1 online resource (184 pages) : illustrations (colour), maps (colour). :
Specialized. :
Includes bibliographical references. :
9781803275062 (PDF ebook) :
Die rituelle Reinheit in den Tempeln der griechisch-römischen Zeit /
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"Die rituelle Reinheit ist eines der zentralen Themen im Bereich der Kultpraxis, denn sie schafft den notwendigen Rahmen und die Voraussetzungen dafür, mit dem Göttlichen zu interagieren. Der Zweck und die Durchführung der rituellen Reinigung unterscheidet sich je nachdem, welche(r) Person(enkreis) oder Gegenstand gereinigt werden soll. Texte und Bilder zur rituellen Reinigung im Alten Ägypten existieren über die gesamte Kulturgeschichte hinweg in allen Bereichen, die ein Zusammenspiel mit dem Göttlichen aufweisen. -- Marcel Kühnemund untersucht das Konzept der rituellen Reinheit in den Tempeln der griechisch-römischen Epoche. Im Kosmos des Tempels sind vier Gruppen zu unterscheiden, die am Kult partizipieren und entsprechend kultisch gereinigt werden müssen: der König, die Priester, die im Kult verwendeten Objekte und die Götter selbst. Anhand der bildlichen und textlichen Quellen aus den Tempeln, aber auch von Belegen außerhalb dieser Sphäre, wird die Durchführung der Reinigung und deren Zweck dargelegt. Je nach Gruppe umfasst dieser die Transformation in einen Gott oder die Etablierung und Erhaltung eines rituellen Raumes, der der Wirksamkeit von Ritualen dient. Dabei werden immer wieder Verbindungen zu älterem Textgut hergestellt, die die lange Tradition dieser Riten aufzeigen. Abschließend wird ein Gesamtbild der rituellen Reinheit im Tempel entworfen"--
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2 volumes (xii, 693 pages) : illustrations, folded plans ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages [647]-673) and index. :
9783447116398
3447116390 :
2190-3646 ;
Der Schutz des Osiris : eine Studie zu den apotropäischen Gottheiten auf den Kairener Sarkophagen des Djedher (CG 29304) und Anchhapi (CG 29303) /
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"Hunderte von Gottheiten schmucken die Wannen und Deckel ausgewahlter Sarkophage und Sarge aus der 30. Dynastie und der Ptolemaerzeit, die hauptsachlich in Saqqara gefunden wurden. Carolina Teotino teilt diese Gotter in verschiedene Gruppen auf, die den Verstorbenen in Form kurzer Reden ansprechen. Zwei beinahe parallele Objekte, die Sarkophage des Djedher und des Anchhapi, dienen als Ausgangspunkt dieser Studie und werden mit weiteren teilweise unveroffentlichten Quellen verglichen. Adressiert werden in erster Linie Fragen zum Ursprung und zur Funktion dieser Dekoration sowie zur Herkunft und zu den Amtern der Inhaber dieser Sarkophage. Ein Fokus liegt dabei auf dem Diskurs zwischen Toten- und Tempelkult und der Form der Dekoration als monumentale Inszenierung der Episoden und Riten in der Balsamierungshalle. Die Gottheiten bieten dem verstorbenen Osiris Schutz und Beistand in Krisensituationen, sei es wahrend der Mumifizierung, der stundlichen Schutzwache, der Bestattung, der Auferstehung oder der Wiedergeburt. Ihre Reden schutzen vor moglichen Gefahren und formulieren gleichzeitig das Ziel, im Jenseits weiterzuleben. Die Ergebnisse zeigen, dass einige dieser Gotterkreise sich bereits in das Mittlere Reich zuruckverfolgen lassen, andere treten erst in den Raumen fur den Osiris-Kult in den griechisch-romischen Tempeln auf. Die Reden sind teilweise kompiliert als Exzerpte aus bekannten osirianischen Kompositionen aus Tempel- und Totenkontext"--
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Revision of author's thesis (doctoral)--Universität Tübingen, 2021. :
2 volumes (xvi, 849 pages, 160 pages of plates) : illustrations ; 31 cm. :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 689-735) and indexes. :
9783447117128
3447117125 :
2190-3646 ;