| Spiritism and the Cult of the Dead in Antiquity Contributor(s): Paton, Lewis Bayles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1162585323 ISBN-13: 9781162585321 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $31.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2010 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Religion | Spirituality - History | Ancient - General |
| Dewey: 133.9 |
| Physical Information: 0.71" H x 7.5" W x 9.25" (1.30 lbs) 342 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 1921. Contents: spiritism in primitive religion; spiritism in China; spiritism among the Indo-Europeans; Cult of the Dead among the Indo-Europeans; spiritism in Egypt; spiritism among the early Semites; spiritism in Babylonia and Assyria; earliest Hebrew conception of the dead; Babylonian influence on Hebrew conceptions of the dead; worship of the dead by Israel; early opposition to the worship of the dead by Israel; prophetic and legal denial of the vitality of spirits; new theories of immortality in post-Exilic Judaism; teaching of Jesus in regard to immortality. |