Kategoria BISAC: Religion >> Ancient

The Studia Philonica Annual is a scholarly journal devoted to the study of Hellenistic Judaism, particularly the writings and thought of the Hellenistic-Jewish writer Philo of Alexandria. More than fifteen scholars from around the world offer contributions to this special edition of the Annual in honor of Professor David T. Runia on the occasion of his 65th birthday and retirement from his post as Master of Queens College, University of Melbourne. Professor Runia is internationally recognized as one of the world's foremost experts on Philo of Alexandria. As founder of The Studia Philonica...

In Raja Yudhisthira, Kevin McGrath brings his comprehensive literary, ethnographic, and analytical knowledge of the epic Mahabharata to bear on the representation of kingship in the poem. He shows how the preliterate Great Bharata song depicts both archaic and classical models of kingly and premonetary polity and how the king becomes a ruler who is viewed as ritually divine. Based on his precise and empirical close reading of the text, McGrath then addresses the idea of heroic religion in both antiquity and today; for bronze-age heroes still receive great devotional...

Die Handschriften aus Qumran und weiteren Fundorten der Umgebung bieten einen einzigartigen Einblick in das Hebraische und Aramaische der Zeit des Zweiten Tempels, der durch die mittelalterlichen Manuskripte zeitgenossischer Werke aus der Kairoer Geniza (z.B. Ben Sira oder Damaskusschrift) erganzt wird. Das Worterbuch ist das Ergebnis eines langjahrigen Projekts der Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Gottingen und erschliet den gesamten Wortschatz der nichtbiblischen Quellen. Es beruht auf einer kritischen Auswertung der vielfach umstrittenen Lesungen der fragmentarischen Manuskripte und...

From one of the world's leading authorities on the subject, an innovative and comprehensive account of religion in the ancient Roman and Mediterranean world

In this ambitious and authoritative book, Jorg Rupke provides a comprehensive and strikingly original narrative history of ancient Roman and Mediterranean religion over more than a millennium--from the late Bronze Age through the Roman imperial period and up to full-fledged Christianization. While focused primarily on the city of Rome, Pantheon fully integrates the many religious traditions found in the...