Ancient religions & mythologies books

A study of how Livy uses religious material, and how this fits in with other aspects of his narrative. Livy's work...  Read More >>

This revised edition of West's revolutionary reinterpretation of the civilization of Egypt challenges all that has...  Read More >>

This is a case study of the Cult of the Sebastoi that was established in the city of Ephesus by the province of...  Read More >>

This re-evaluation of the place of Nemesis in the Roman World shows that the goddess was associated less with the...  Read More >>

A study of the boundary stelae based on the results of the authors' investigations. It includes a definitive new...  Read More >>

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für ""Mythos in mythenloser Gesellschaft"" verfügbar.  Read More >>

A two-volume work which discusses the decline of Greek religion and the christianization of town and countryside...  Read More >>

Green examines the intimate relationship between the Celts and animals, covering their crucial role in the Celtic...  Read More >>

Volume II, 2 comprises Abbreviated Titles, Select Bibliography, Indices and Corrigenda to Volumes I, I-2 and II,...  Read More >>

This second volume of a two-part collection of studies on inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion focuses on...  Read More >>

Suitable for both the serious scholar and the casual inquirer, this title tells the adventures of the important...  Read More >>

Explores the uses Greeks made of myth and the uses to which we can put myth in recovering the richness of their...  Read More >>

The transformation of human beings to animals, plants, and stones is one of the commonest and most characteristic...  Read More >>

The revised edition of a classic text, introducing the lively characters of Egyptian mythology  Read More >>

The author unravels strands of religious tradition in Harran that run from the old Semitic planetary cults through...  Read More >>

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One of the few studies that deals with Roman domestic religion as practised by the lower classes. The author collects...  Read More >>

Introducing the reader to the gods and their worshippers and to the ways in which they were related, this book focuses...  Read More >>

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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 >>

Jon Mikalson uses the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides to explore popular religious beliefs and...  Read More >>

Examining the means through which the Athenians established and marketed cults, this handsomely illustrated book...  Read More >>

Noted Egyptologist's careful account of known facts about the reign of Tutankhamen, cults of Amen and Aten, Egyptian...  Read More >>