E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
Teixidor The Pagan God
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7139-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Popular Religion in the Greco-Roman Near East
E-Book, Englisch, 206 Seiten
Reihe: Princeton Legacy Library
ISBN: 978-1-4008-7139-1
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Javier Teixidor has found evidence that belief in a supreme god developed during the first millennium B.C. The Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions he discusses indicate a trend toward monotheism that facilitated the spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The author concludes that the traditional characteristics of the popular religions were preserved during this period and that the Hellenistic culture and the mystery cults did not have a significant effect on popular piety. Here, then, is a major reinterpretation of the religious life of the Near East in the Greco-Roman period based on a reliable source of information.
Originally published in 1977.
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Weitere Infos & Material
Frontmatter, pg. i
CONTENTS, pg. vii
ILLUSTRATIONS, pg. ix
PREFACE, pg. xi
One. POPULAR RELIGION IN THE GRECO-ROMAN NEAR EAST, pg. 1
Two. PHOENICIAN AND SYRIAN DEITIES, pg. 19
Three. DEITIES OF NORTH ARABIA, pg. 62
Four. THE SUPREME GOD OF PALMYRA, pg. 100
Five. PAGAN RELIGIOSITY, pg. 143
ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES, pg. 165
GENERAL INDEX, pg. 175
