| The Variety of Local Religious Life in the Near East: In the Hellenistic and Roman Periods Contributor(s): Kaizer, Ted (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004167358 ISBN-13: 9789004167353 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $193.80 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 2008 Annotation: This interdisciplinary collection of articles brings out the variety of local and regional patterns of worship in the Near East, and in this manner contributes to our quest for understanding the polytheistic cults of the region as a whole. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | History - Religion | Antiquities & Archaeology - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: 200.939 |
| LCCN: 2008006514 |
| Series: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World |
| Physical Information: 0.9" H x 6.1" W x 9.4" (1.41 lbs) 416 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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 were, despite some obvious similarities, above all very different from each other. This collection of articles by scholars from different disciplines (Ancient History, Archaeology, Art-History, Epigraphy, Numismatics, Oriental Studies, Theology) contributes to our quest for understanding the polytheistic cults of the Near East as a whole by bringing out the variety between the different local and regional forms of worship in this part of the world. |