Ancient religions & mythologies books

Shows that the worship of heroines, as well as of gods and heroes, was widespread in the Greek world from the 8th...  Read More >>

Kalender und Öffentlichkeit - Jörg Rüpke  Read More >>

Shows that the worship of heroines, as well as of gods and heroes, was widespread in the Greek world from the 8th...  Read More >>

Provides an account of the lives and writings of the Cappadocians, showing how they managed to be Greek and Christian...  Read More >>

This volume deals with the depictions of animal sacrifice from ancient Greece, full catalogues of which are included....  Read More >>

The main purpose of this book is to provide a contextualization of the Orphic fragments cited by Medio-Platonists...  Read More >>

This volume analyzing several selected texts of late Greek literature (Orphic hymns, Greek Magical Papyri, Neoplatonic...  Read More >>

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Focuses on the use and significance of wine in ancient Egyptian society. The book analyzes the iconographical and...  Read More >>

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Like the Native Americans, the ancient Celts saw the animal world as a source of great power and influence. The...  Read More >>

Drawing on her travels in modern-day Egypt and her lifelong study of Egyptian mythology and art, author Normandi...  Read More >>

Revised and expanded, this volume deals with the religious traditions of ancient Egypt. New material allows a much...  Read More >>

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This book provides proof of the existence and explains the significance of planned alignments between classical...  Read More >>

Voyages in Classical Mythology takes 44 great classical adventure tales of mythology and exploration and retells...  Read More >>

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Die Kultur des Buches Jesus Sirach"" verfügbar.  Read More >>

This volume provides a lengthy introduction and detailed translation and commentary for the first two tablets of...  Read More >>

The Geschichte der hethitischen Religion is the first representation of a comprehensive history of the Hittite Religion...  Read More >>

Through the implementation of the complex historical method, this study provides a more precise picture of the integration...  Read More >>

The author recounts how the Greek gods and godesses earned their thrones on Mount Olympus, and retells some of the...  Read More >>

This text covers pagan asceticism in the Roman Empire and the conflict between asceticism and the traditional values...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary study of the important question of the place of Judaism in the religious changes and development...  Read More >>

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

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