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Description: These are exciting times for all those involved in the history of ancient Israel, Judaism, and early Christianity, for the last few decades have seen an unprecedented amount of scholarly work upon bot...
Author: Laughlin, John Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: "Archaeology and the Bible" examines new developments in archaeological finds in the Near East, particularly Palestine, that are related to the Bible. Newer field methodologies, regional surveys and c...
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Description: This is the first text to consider the subjects of religion and archaeology in conjunction with each other. It explores the relationship between, and the contribution archaeology can make to the study...
Author: Dawson, John David Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This book makes an illuminating contribution to one of Christianity's central problems: the understanding and interpretation of scripture, and more specifically, the relationship between the Old Testa...
Author: Goff, Barbara Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: What activities did the women of ancient Greece perform in the sphere of ritual, and what were the meanings of such activities for them and their culture? By offering answers to these questions, this ...
Author: Bitton-Ashkelony, Brouria Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This innovative study sheds new light on one of the most spectacular changes to occur in late antiquity-the rise of pilgrimage all over the Christian world-by setting the phenomenon against the wide b...
Author: Cosmopoulos, Michael B. Publisher: Routledge Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Religion in ancient Greece had a strong public character and within this public religion, there were special cults - 'mysteries'. This welcome volume showcases new research on the archaeology, ritual ...
Author: Johnson, Sara Raup Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In this thoughtful and penetrating study, Sara Raup Johnson investigates the creation of historical fictions in a wide range of Hellenistic Jewish texts. Surveying so-called Jewish novels, including t...
Author: Cole, Susan Guettel Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The division of land and consolidation of territory that created the Greek polis also divided sacred from productive space, sharpened distinctions between purity and pollution, and created a ritual sy...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Graeco-Roman religion in its classic form was polytheistic; on the other hand, monotheistic ideas enjoyed wide currency in ancient philosophy. This contradiction provides a challenge for our understan...
Author: Rollins, Dr. Ronald Publisher: KiwE Publishing Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Historically, the chasm between science and religion has been enormous. With the continuing debate over creation and evolution, facts are needed to resolve the issues. Science now suggests a universe ...
Author: N/A Publisher: Cambridge University Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: The ëOrphicí gold tablets, tiny scraps of gold foil found in graves throughout the ancient Greek world, are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. T...
Author: McKinnon, James W. Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: In his final accomplishment of an extraordinarily distinguished career, James W. McKinnon considers the musical practices of the early Church in this incisive examination of the history of Christian c...
Author: Bar-Kochva, Bezalel Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This landmark contribution to ongoing debates about perceptions of the Jews in antiquity examines the attitudes of Greek writers of the Hellenistic period toward the Jewish people. Among the leading G...
Author: Gaca, Kathy L. Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: This provocative work provides a radical reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. While many scholars...
Author: Munn, Mark H. Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: Among maternal deities of the Greek pantheon, the Mother of the Gods was a paradox. She is variously described as a devoted mother, a chaste wife, an impassioned lover, and a virgin daughter; she is s...
Author: Caner, Daniel Folger Publisher: University of California Press Format: Adobe PDF
Description: An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by monks throughout the Roman Empire in the fourth and fifth centuries. Such monks often se...
