S. G. F. Brandon

Religion in Ancient History (eBook, PDF)

Studies in Ideas, Men and Events

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Religion in Ancient History (1969) includes 25 essays on comparative religion, covering the origin of religion, and studies of the religions of the peoples of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece and Iran. It also includes essays on key ideas such as creation, death, time, the soul, and the judgement of the dead, and studies of figures like Osiris, Akhenaten, Job and Zarathustra. The book also deals extensively with religious ideas, men and events in the first three centuries A.D. and the spread of early Christianity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 426
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040036228
• Artikelnr.: 72243801

Autorenporträt

S.G.F. Brandon

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Origin of Religion 2. 'In the Beginning' 3. The Personification of
Death in Some Ancient Religions 4. Time as God and Devil 5. The Idea of the
Soul 6. The Idea of the Soul II 7. The Judgement of the Dead 8. Osiris 9.
Akhenaten 10. The Tale of Gilgamesh 11. The Jewish Philosophy of History
12. The Book of Job 13. Zarathustra and the Dualism of Iran 14. Herod the
Great 15. The Jews of History 16. The Trial of Jesus 17. Pontius Pilate in
History and Legend 18. The Fall of Jerusalem A.D. 70 19. The Zealots 20.
Josephus 21. St Paul 22. The Gnostic Problem in Early Christianity 23. The
Devil 24. Angels 25. B.C. and A.D.: the Christian Philosophy of History