Ancient religions & mythologies books

Why are the great temples and cult sites of Greece where they are? This collection of essays, by eleven scholars...  Read More >>

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When Saint Patrick first came to Ireland in the 5th century A.D., he encountered the Celtic people with their flourishing...  Read More >>

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This study of family religion in the Babylonian, Ugaritic and Israelite civilizations opens up a little studied...  Read More >>

Early Greek Myth is a much-needed handbook for scholars and others interested in the literary and artistic sources...  Read More >>

Timothy Gantz traces the development of each myth in narrative form and summarizes the written and visual evidence...  Read More >>

The religious practices of classical Greece are all too often reduced to the dry analysis of archaeological remains....  Read More >>

"Celtic spirituality is often spoken of as something ancient, remote and in need of re-discovery. The literary legacy...  Read More >>

A collection of wonderful Druidic tales. Contents: The Druid Path; The Enchanting of Doirenn; Liadan and Kurithir;...  Read More >>

""It is the dream of every publisher to hit upon a project that will win praise for contributing to the intellectual...  Read More >>

The numerous portrayals of gods and humans on horseback which occur in Graeco-Roman art may appear to the unaccustomed...  Read More >>

In this thematic study of the Roman goddess Ceres, Barbette Spaeth explores the rich complexity of meanings and...  Read More >>

This work traces the decline of Greek religion and christianization of the Eastern Roman Empire between the death...  Read More >>

A sensitive analysis of the spiritual significance of ancient Greek religion.  Read More >>

In this volume a particular class of mainly Aramaic votive inscriptions dating from roughly the first three centuries...  Read More >>

Explores how Christian narrative representation in the early Empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding...  Read More >>

Explores how Christian narrative representation in the early Empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding...  Read More >>

The Evil Eye is one of the most wide-ranging systems of beliefs in the world and in history. It is more widespread...  Read More >>

A collection of articles about the function of sanctuaries in Archaic and Classical Greece. The book deals with...  Read More >>

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Lady with a Mead Cup is a broad-ranging, innovative and strikingly original study of the early medieval barbarian...  Read More >>

This work traces the decline of Greek religion and christianization of the Eastern Roman Empire between the death...  Read More >>

One of a series of volumes that introduce symbolic systems. This book covers the symbols of the Celts who are associated...  Read More >>

The series Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für die alttestamentliche Wissenschaft (BZAW) covers all areas of research into...  Read More >>