Ancient Religions (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Ancient Religions Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, travelled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean. New gods encountered in foreign lands by merchants and conquerors were often taken home to be adapted and adopted. This collection of essays offers a comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world.
Full description- Publisher: The Belknap Press
- Published: 30 September 2007
- Format: Paperback 288 pages
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- Categories: Ancient History: To C 500 CE | Religion | Comparative Religion | History Of Religion
- ISBN 13: 9780674025486 ISBN 10: 0674025482
- Sales rank: 486,504
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Full description for Ancient Religions
Religious beliefs and practices, which permeated all aspects of life in antiquity, travelled well-worn routes throughout the Mediterranean: itinerant charismatic practitioners journeying from place to place peddled their skills as healers, purifiers, cursers, and initiators; and vessels decorated with illustrations of myths travelled with them. New gods encountered in foreign lands by merchants and conquerors were sometimes taken home to be adapted and adopted. This collection of essays by a distinguished international group of scholars, drawn from the groundbreaking reference work "Religion in the Ancient World", offers an expansive, comparative perspective on this complex spiritual world.
