| The Physicality of the Other: Masks from the Ancient Near East and the Eastern Mediterranean Contributor(s): Berlejung, Angelika (Editor), Filitz, Judith E. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 3161555139 ISBN-13: 9783161555138 Publisher: Mohr Siebeck OUR PRICE: $207.10 Product Type: Hardcover Published: February 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Ancient - General - History | Middle East - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Series: Orientalische Religionen in Der Antike |
| Physical Information: 1.6" H x 6.8" W x 9.5" (2.60 lbs) 398 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Middle East |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This volume comprises the conference proceedings of the international and interdisciplinary conference held in Leipzig from November 9 to 11, 2015. Scholars from different research areas present masks from Egypt, Israel/Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia, Phoenicia, Cyprus, and Greece, mainly from the third to the first millennium BCE. The masks are analyzed from archaeological, iconographical, anthropological, philological, and theological perspectives. In many cases, the masks refer to gods, ancestors, spirits, and are used as a means to communicate between human beings and supernatural powers. Masks belong to the human condition and seem to be the international and intercultural answer to one of the most existential questions of human life. In addition, the volume includes an archaeological catalogue of the masks from Israel/Palestine of the Neolithic Age until the Persian Period. |
