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Author:   Sarah Iles Johnston
Publisher:   Harvard University Press
Imprint:   The Belknap Press
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 25.10cm
Weight:   0.478kg
ISBN:  

9780674025486

ISBN 10:   0674025482
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   01 September 2007
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Introduction Sarah Iles Johnston Note on Translation and Transliteration Abbreviations Maps Encountering Ancient Religions What Is Ancient Mediterranean Religion? Fritz Graf Monotheism and Polytheism Jan Assmann Ritual Jan Bremmer Myth Fritz Graf Cosmology: Time and History John J. Collins Pollution, Sin, Atonement, Salvation Harold W. Attridge Law and Ethics Eckart Otto Mysteries Sarah Iles Johnston Religions in Contact John Scheid Writing and Religion Mary Beard Magic Sarah Iles Johnston Histories Egypt Jan Assmann and David Frankfurter Mesopotamia Paul-Alain Beaulieu Syria and Canaan David P. Wright Israel John J. Collins Anatolia: Hittites David P. Wright Iran William Malandra and Michael Stausberg Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations Nanno Marinatos Greece Jon Mikalson Etruria Olivier de Cazanove Rome John North Early Christianity Harold W. Attridge Epilogue Bruce Lincoln Contributors Index

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Sarah Iles Johnston is Professor of Greek and Latin at Ohio State University.

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