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The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions

Part of Cambridge Companions to Religion

Emily Teeter, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Shawna Dolansky, Mayer Gruber, Billie Jean Collins, William Malandra, Jennifer Larson, Celia Schultz, H. Gregory Snyder, Bruce Lincoln, Kimberly Stratton, Elizabeth A. Castelli, Ross Kraemer, Robin Jensen
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  • Date Published: January 2014
  • availability: Available
  • format: Paperback
  • isbn: 9780521132046

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  • In antiquity, the Mediterranean region was linked by sea and land routes that facilitated the spread of religious beliefs and practices among the civilizations of the ancient world. The Cambridge Companion to Ancient Mediterranean Religions provides an introduction to the major religions of this area and explores current research regarding the similarities and differences among them. The period covered is from the prehistoric period to late antiquity, that is, ca.4000 BCE to 600 CE. The first nine essays in the volume provide an overview of the characteristics and historical developments of the major religions of the region, including those of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria-Canaan, Israel, Anatolia, Iran, Greece, Rome and early Christianity. The last five essays deal with key topics in current research on these religions, including violence, identity, the body, gender and visuality, taking an explicitly comparative approach and presenting recent theoretical and methodological advances in contemporary scholarship.

    • Offers a list of works for further reading on each topic
    • Includes chronological charts that outline the history of each religion
    • Gives glossaries of terms and names of divinities
    • Provides a map with geographical locations of important sites for each religion
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    • Date Published: January 2014
    • format: Paperback
    • isbn: 9780521132046
    • length: 378 pages
    • dimensions: 229 x 152 x 28 mm
    • weight: 0.59kg
    • contains: 13 b/w illus.
    • availability: Available
  • Table of Contents

    1. Egypt Emily Teeter
    2. Mesopotamia Beate Pongratz-Leisten
    3. Syria-Canaan Shawna Dolansky
    4. Israel Mayer Gruber
    5. Anatolia Billie Jean Collins
    6. Iran William Malandra
    7. Greece Jennifer Larson
    8. Rome Celia Schultz
    9. Early Christianity H. Gregory Snyder
    10. Violence Bruce Lincoln
    11. Identity Kimberly Stratton
    12. The body Elizabeth A. Castelli
    13. Gender Ross Kraemer
    14. Visuality Robin Jensen.

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    Barbette Stanley Spaeth, College of William and Mary
    Barbette Stanley Spaeth is Associate Professor of Classical Studies and Co-Director of the Institute for Pilgrimage Studies at the College of William and Mary. Her specialty is Greek and Roman religion. She is author of The Roman Goddess (1996) and of articles in Daughters of Hecate: Women and Magic in the Ancient World (forthcoming), Rome and Religion: A Cross-Disciplinary Dialogue on the Imperial Cult (2011) and Sub Imagine Somni: Nighttime Phenomena in Greco-Roman Culture (2010). Her work has been published in American Journal of Archaeology, Hesperia, Historia and Classical World. Professor Spaeth has held fellowships at the American School of Classical Studies in Athens and the American Academy in Rome. She has received grants from the National Endowment for the Humanities, Loeb Classical Library Foundation, Center for Hellenic Studies and the Memoria Romana Project of the Max-Planck Society. She is co-founder and past president of the Society for Ancient Mediterranean Religions, as well as past president of the Alumni/ae Association of the American School of Classical Studies, Athens.

    Contributors

    Emily Teeter, Beate Pongratz-Leisten, Shawna Dolansky, Mayer Gruber, Billie Jean Collins, William Malandra, Jennifer Larson, Celia Schultz, H. Gregory Snyder, Bruce Lincoln, Kimberly Stratton, Elizabeth A. Castelli, Ross Kraemer, Robin Jensen

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