Jon Davies

Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity

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Produktbeschreibung

Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He also draws on the sociological theory of Max Weber to present a comprehensive introduction to the subject.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. Juni 1999
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 223mm x 148mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 513g
• ISBN-13: 9780415129909
• ISBN-10: 0415129907
• Artikelnr.: 21563587

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction PART I Death in the Ancient Near East 1 Osiris and Isis: The
life-theology of Ancient Egypt 2 Zoroaster, Ahura Mazda and Ahriman 3
Canaanites and Mesopotamians 4 Mere texts or living realities? The possible
influence of the older thanatologies on Judaism and Christianity PART
II From caves and rock-cut tombs to Judaism 5 The general archaeology of
the Ancient Near East 6 Judaism: Towards the common era 7 Burying the
Jewish dead 8 Good luck with your resurrection! Opening the heavens and
raising the dead PART III Romans and Greeks: A theodicy of good fortune? 9
Roman and Greek philosophies of death 10 Roman religion and Roman funerals
11 Ovid's 'ever-varying forms': Greek mythologies, sarcophagi and the
boundaries of mortality 12 Ovid's 'bonds of love and duty': Funerals,
epitaphs, orations and death in the arena PART IV Christians, martyrs,
soldiers, saints 13 Christian burial 14 The nature of martyrdom, Epilogue:
Sacrificial living and sacrificial dying: Christians in the world