The City of the Moon God

Religious Traditions of Harran
Erscheinungsjahr 1992
ISBN: 978-90-04-09513-7
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 114, 232 Seiten, Format (B × H): 159 mm x 244 mm, Gewicht: 506 g

Reihe: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, Tamara M

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Islam & Islamische Studien Islam & Islamische Studien
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religionsgeschichte Religionen der Antike

Über Autor(innen)

Tamara M. Green is Professor in the Department of Classical and Oriental Studies at Hunter College, The City University of New York.