Household and Family Religion in Antiquity Hardback
Edited by John Bodel, Saul M. (Brown University) Olyan
Part of the Ancient World: Comparative Histories series
Hardback
Description
The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity. Advances our understanding of household and familial religion, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cultsReconstructs domestic and family religious practices in Egypt, Greece, Rome, Israel, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, Emar, and PhilistiaExplores many household rituals, such as providing for ancestral spirits, and petitioning of a household's patron deities or of spirits associated with the house itselfExamines lifecycle rituals - from pregnancy and birth to maturity, old age, death, and beyondLooks at religious practices relating to the household both within the home itself and other spaces, such as at extramural tombs and local sanctuaries
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:346 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:16/05/2008
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- ISBN:9781405175791
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Out of stock
- Format:Hardback
- Pages:346 pages
- Publisher:John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Publication Date:16/05/2008
- Category:
- ISBN:9781405175791
