Ancient religions and Mythologies

Reconstructs ancient rituals in their day/night/season combining them with relevant mythology and astronomical observations to understand the ritual''s cosmological links.

Reconstructs ancient rituals in their day/night/season combining them with relevant mythology and astronomical observations to understand the ritual''s cosmological links.

Explores how, why and where an Islamic revival emerged in 1970s Egypt, and why this shift remains relevant today.

This study shows some of the ways in which medieval Scandinavians received and re-interpreted pre-Christian religion.

Explores how, why and where an Islamic revival emerged in 1970s Egypt, and why this shift remains relevant today.

In recent years, scholars have extensively explored the function of the miraculous and wondrous in ancient narratives, mostly pondering on how ancient authors view wondrous accounts, i.

This edition of a Greek papyrus land survey presents a detailed picture of landholding in Upper Egypt under the Ptolemies.

Experts in Greek language, literature and material culture re-examine the role of animal sacrifice in Greek life across the Mediterranean.

Experts in Greek language, literature and material culture re-examine the role of animal sacrifice in Greek life across the Mediterranean.

This book analyses hundreds of votive body parts to examine how ideas about the human body changed throughout classical antiquity.

This book analyses hundreds of votive body parts to examine how ideas about the human body changed throughout classical antiquity.

Re-examines Aristophanes'' engagement with Greek religion by studying his dramatization of traditional stories of religious experiences.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

In a paradigm shift, this book redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad.

Guides the reader through the fascinating field of ancient Greek myth from its origins to modern interpretations in writing and film.

Guides the reader through the fascinating field of ancient Greek myth from its origins to modern interpretations in writing and film.

In der Dunkelheit verbirgt sich ein uraltes Geheimnis, das in unserer lichttrunkenen modernen Welt allseits vergessen ist: Es gibt eine Große Mutter in der Tiefe der Zeit, die uns immer wieder durch Gefahren und Katastrophen geführt hat.

This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history.

This book examines the interplay between astronomy and dynastic power in the course of ancient Egyptian history.

Este livro inclui uma descrição do baralho de tarô medieval de Visconti-Sforza.

Este libro incluye la descripción de la baraja medieval del tarot de Visconti-Sforza.

La trilogia è un romanzo iniziatico concepito come un almanacco dove mese dopo mese l'eroina scopre un'antica cultura ravvivata dalla pratica di attività, feste e racconti, che variano a seconda delle stagioni.

*; Examines the Eight Directions and the powers of their Winds, the Tides of the Day, and the eightfold year of modern Pagan practice*; Explores geomancy practices, how to work with spirits of place, and the power of mountains, rivers, caves, standing stones, and crossroads*; Shares spiritual exercises, including runic practices and divination techniques, as well as how to craft your own magical toolsIn this guide to the Way of the Eight Winds, Nigel Pennick explores the history and practice of traditional European Pagan spirituality, a path that recognizes and celebrates our relationship with the Cosmos and the creativity of Nature.

It introduces a religious dimension to the study of ethnic identity and globalization in the provinces of the Roman Empire.

It introduces a religious dimension to the study of ethnic identity and globalization in the provinces of the Roman Empire.

A Social History of Christian Origins explores how the theme of the Jewish rejection of Jesus - embedded in Paul's letters and the New Testament Gospels - represents the ethnic, social, cultural, and theological conflicts that facilitated the construction of Christian identity.

A Social History of Christian Origins explores how the theme of the Jewish rejection of Jesus - embedded in Paul's letters and the New Testament Gospels - represents the ethnic, social, cultural, and theological conflicts that facilitated the construction of Christian identity.

This volume examines Apuleius' comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.

This volume examines Apuleius' comic donkey novel, The Golden Ass, within the context of the popular beliefs and Jewish and Christian writings that were part of the intellectual culture of his own day in 2nd century C.

This book is the first in-depth comparative analysis of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness experienced by divine personalities in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek texts and the functions served by attributing negative emotions and traits to one's gods.

This book is the first in-depth comparative analysis of envy, jealousy, and vengefulness experienced by divine personalities in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek texts and the functions served by attributing negative emotions and traits to one's gods.

Religious encounters with mystery can be fascinating, but also terrifying.

Religious encounters with mystery can be fascinating, but also terrifying.

In this book Rowlands interrogates the theological and philosophical foundations of the 'Quest' for the historical Jesus, from Reimarus to the present day, culminating in a call for greater metaphysical transparency and diversity in the discipline.

In this book Rowlands interrogates the theological and philosophical foundations of the 'Quest' for the historical Jesus, from Reimarus to the present day, culminating in a call for greater metaphysical transparency and diversity in the discipline.

This volume examines Jewish literature produced from c.

This volume examines Jewish literature produced from c.

Biblical studies is increasingly interdisciplinary and frequently focuses on how the Bible is read, received, and represented in the contemporary world, including in politics, news media, and popular culture.

Biblical studies is increasingly interdisciplinary and frequently focuses on how the Bible is read, received, and represented in the contemporary world, including in politics, news media, and popular culture.

The Descent of the Soul and the Archaic explores the motif of katabasis (a "e;descent"e; into an imaginal underworld) and the importance it held for writers from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on its place in psychoanalytic theory.

The Descent of the Soul and the Archaic explores the motif of katabasis (a "e;descent"e; into an imaginal underworld) and the importance it held for writers from antiquity to the present, with an emphasis on its place in psychoanalytic theory.

When it comes to sex, the Bible is marred by inequality.

When it comes to sex, the Bible is marred by inequality.

This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that, consequently, attempts to define, study, or locate martyrdom must move away from conceptualizations that require or center on death.

This book demonstrates that living martyrdom was an important spiritual aspiration in the late antique Latin west and argues that, consequently, attempts to define, study, or locate martyrdom must move away from conceptualizations that require or center on death.

Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina.

Carpocrates, Marcellina, and Epiphanes is the definitive study of the early Christian theologian Carpocrates, his son Epiphanes, and the leader of the Carpocratian movement in Rome, Marcellina.

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which bear many resemblances to three other well-established genres of 'sacred portrait' also produced during late antiquity, namely Roman imperial portraiture, Graeco-Egyptian funerary portraiture and panel paintings depicting non-Christian deities.

This book focuses on the earliest surviving Christian icons, dated to the sixth and seventh centuries, which bear many resemblances to three other well-established genres of 'sacred portrait' also produced during late antiquity, namely Roman imperial portraiture, Graeco-Egyptian funerary portraiture and panel paintings depicting non-Christian deities.