Religion
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Women's Religions in the Greco-Roman World [Paperback]
Ross Shepard Kraemer (Author)
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ISBN: 9780195142785
Published by : Oxford University Press
This is a substantially expanded and completely revised edition of a book first published by Fortress Press in 1988 as Maenads, Matyrs, Matrons, Monastics . The book collects translations of primary texts relevant to women's religion (pagan, Jew... .... Learn More -
Myths of Rome [Paperback]
T. P. Wiseman (Author)
$45.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780859897044
Published by : The Exeter Press
"There was once a dream that was Rome." So says the old emperor Marcus Aurelius in Ridley Scott's epic Gladiator . It was a Rome of free citizens, brave, incorruptible, loved by the gods. It had its own myths, the stories that defined what th... .... Learn More -
Leaving the Fold: Apostates and Defectors in Antiquity [Paperback]
Stephen Wilson (Author)
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ISBN: 9780800636753
Published by : Augsburg Fortress
Movement from one community to another can create strife, pain, and social dislocation. In this astute analysis, Stephen Wilson examines the ancient sources for clues to how leaving a religious group happened, what motivated defectors, and the ... .... Learn More -
Rituals in Ink [Paperback]
Alessandro Barchiesi (Author)
$65.00ISBN: 9783515085267
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
In order to reconstruct ancient rituals we must rely on ancient texts. That is the premise of these eight papers which are taken from a conference held at Stanford University in 2002 which brought together scholars of Roman religion and scholars o... .... Learn More -
Buergerrecht und Kultteilnahme: Politische und kultische Rechte und Pflichten in griechischen Poleis, Rom und antikem Judentum [Hardback]
Stefan Krauter (Author)
$160.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783110181746
Published by : Walter de Gruyter
In the ancient world, where politics and religion went hand in hand, citizenship came at the cost of religious obligations. That is the premise of this detailed study in which Stefan Krauter examines the extent to which religion, especially religi... .... Learn More -
The Archaeology of Religious Hatred in the Roman and Early Medieval World [Paperback]
Eberhard Sauer (Author)
$29.99Out of stock
ISBN: 9780752425306
Published by : Tempus Publishing Ltd
Christianity was an appealing religion for late Romans and no matter how many times the powers that be made martyrs of its followers, it came back each time stronger than ever. However, as this excellent book demonstrates, Christianity's success w... .... Learn More -
The Story of Bacchus [Paperback]
Andrew Dalby (Author)
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ISBN: 9780714122557
Published by : British Museum Company Ltd
Bacchus is best remembered for his gift to humanity of wine. With it he brought pleasure, but also savagery and death. Intriguing episodes drawn from an astonising range of sources, including obscure and fragmentary records detailing the songs ... .... Learn More -
Votive im römischen Griechenland: Untursuchungen zur späthellenistichen und kaiserzeitlichen Kunst- und Religionsgeschichte [Hardback]
Gunther Schorner (Author)
$146.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9783515076883
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
This specialised analysis of votive offerings and dedications in Roman Greece during the Late Hellenistic and Imperial periods is based on a catalogue of approximately 1300 inscriptions that record individual acts of worship. The catalogue is prec... .... Learn More -
Dieux, fêtes, sacré dans la Grèce et la Rome antiques [Paperback]
Julien Ries (Author)
$70.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9782503512228
Published by : Brepols
These fourteen essays derive from a colloquium organised by the Asociation `Homo Religiosus-Luxembourg' in 1996 and address the subject of religious celebrations in the Greco-Roman world. Both specific topics, such as the origins of Greek religiou... .... Learn More -
Les communautés religieuses dans le monde Gréco-Romain [Paperback]
N Belayche (Author); S Mimouni (Author)
$57.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9782503522043
Published by : Brepols
This group of seventeen essays looks at religious communities in the Greco-Roman world asking what marked these communities, why they were formed and how they functioned. The authors take a variety of approaches and case studies, from expatriate c... .... Learn More