Pergamon and the Hellenistic kingdoms of the ancient world /
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Catalog of the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 18-July 17, 2016. :
xxi, 346 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 29 cm :
Includes bibliographical references (pages 318-337) and index. :
1588395871
9781588395870
The city of the moon god : religious traditions of Harran /
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This study treats the religious and intellectual history of the city of Harran (Eastern Turkey) from biblical times down to the establishment of Islam. The author starts from the well-known reference in the Qur'an and the early Islamic histories to the people of Harran as Sabians, one of the 'peoples of the book.' The author unravels strands of religious tradition in Harran that run from the old Semitic planetary cults through Hellenistic hermeticism, gnosticism, and Neo-Pythagoreanism and Christian cults to esoteric Islamic sects such as the Sufis and Shiites.
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1 online resource (viii, 232 pages) :
Includes bibliographical references (p. 218-224) and index. :
9789004301429 :
0927-7633 ; :
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