Divine Kings and Sacred Spaces: Power and Religion in Hellenistic Syria (301-64 Bc): 2450 - Brossura

Wright, Nicholas

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1407310542 ISBN 13: 9781407310541

Casa editrice: British Archaeological Reports Ltd, 2012

Riassunto

This research takes an integrative approach to the study of Hellenistic cult and cultic practices in an important part of western Asia by employing a combination of archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence. Although any thorough investigation of Seleukid religion would prove illuminating in itself, this research uses religion as a lens through which to explore the processes of acculturation and rejection within a colonial context. It discusses the state attitude towards, and manipulation of, both Hellenic and indigenous beliefs and places this within a framework developed out of a series of case studies exploring evidence for religion at a regional level. The study outlines the development of religious practices and expression in the region which formed the birthplace of the modern world’s three most influential monotheistic religions.

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Nicholas L. Wright

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• Editore: British Archaeological Reports Ltd
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1407310542
• ISBN 13: 9781407310541
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 167