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23 cm. original paperback. 396 pp. references. index. "Lecture Notes in Computer Science". -(libr labels, library stamp, otherwise good). 545g.

Couverture rigide. Condizione: Trčs bon. [RÖMER (Th.), DUFOUR (B.), PFITZMANN (F.), UEHLINGER (Ch.) éds.]. Entre dieux et hommes: anges, démons et autres figures intermédiaires.Acte du colloque organisé par le Collčge de France, Paris, 19-20 mai 2014.Textes de A. Angelini, M. Guichard, J. Kellens, L. Marti, Ch. Nihan, B.B. Schmidt, etc.Fribourg, 2017, gr. in-8°, cart. pl. toile édit. 750 gr.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. It has long been an important issue for many religions, both ancient andmodern, to imagine and question the differences between humans anddeities as well as their means to communicate between each other.Ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography conceive this relationship inmore than binary terms (i.e., human vs. divine): they presume theexistence of various intermediate and often liminal entities, whomscholars have usually classified in terms of angels, demons,heroes etc. According to ancient belief, such beings (some anonymous,others named such as Pazuzu, Azazel, Gabriel, Metatron, or Satan.)could take over roles that were considered as unfitting for the godsthemselves; they could act as messengers and intermediaries, or incontrast even rival the gods. The dead (or at least the prominent amongthe deceased, such as kings or prophets) could be considered asintermediates in their own right, since they were thought to havespecial knowledge of a sphere that the living could only imagineimperfectly. To keep such entities at a distance or to satisfy them andgain their sympathy could at times prove no less challenging than toserve the gods. On the other hand, imagining those entities helpedancient societies and individuals, and particularly the literary elitesamong them, to manage and structure the contingencies of the world theylived in.The present volume offers the proceedings of an internationalsymposium, organized by the chair of Milieux Bibliques and held at the College de France on 19-20 May2014, dealing with intermediate beings as imagined in ancient NearEastern societies and reflected in their textual and visual records. Theaim was to get a better sense of how such entities were conceived, whatroles they were attributed and what functions they fulfilled in cultureand society, religion and literature, ritual and belief. Thecontributions scrutinize cuneiform and other ancient Near Eastern texts,as well as biblical literature, in order to understand ancientMesopotamian, Levantine and Israelite conceptions of human-divinehybrids and intermediaries; other papers address ancient Egyptian,Jewish, Manichaean, Christian, Zoroastrian, and Islamic sources andbeliefs. In all their variety, and in the variety of the numinousfigures (collectives or individuals, anonymous or named) that areanalyzed, these studies provide vivid insights into how the ancientsexperienced and modeled the reality they lived in when mobilizinghuman-divine intermediates for their own concerns. It has long been an important issue for many religions, both ancient and modern, to imagine and question the differences between humans and deities as well as their means to communicate between each other. Ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography conceive this relationship in more than binary terms (i.e., human vs. divine): they pr Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.

Tapa blanda. Condizione: New. ROEMER, T. / B. DUFOUR / F. PFITZMANN / C. UEHLINGER, EDS.: ENTRE DIEUX ET HOMMES. ANGES, DEMONS ET AUTRES FIGURES INTERMEDIAIRES. ACTES DU COLLOQUE, COLLEGE DE FRANCE, PARIS, 19-20 MAI 2014 . FRIBOURG, 2017, xii 367 p.figuras, 735 gr. Encuadernacion original. Nuevo. (C/B) 735 gr. Libro.

Hardcover. Condizione: new. Hardcover. It has long been an important issue for many religions, both ancient andmodern, to imagine and question the differences between humans anddeities as well as their means to communicate between each other.Ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography conceive this relationship inmore than binary terms (i.e., human vs. divine): they presume theexistence of various intermediate and often liminal entities, whomscholars have usually classified in terms of angels, demons,heroes etc. According to ancient belief, such beings (some anonymous,others named such as Pazuzu, Azazel, Gabriel, Metatron, or Satan.)could take over roles that were considered as unfitting for the godsthemselves; they could act as messengers and intermediaries, or incontrast even rival the gods. The dead (or at least the prominent amongthe deceased, such as kings or prophets) could be considered asintermediates in their own right, since they were thought to havespecial knowledge of a sphere that the living could only imagineimperfectly. To keep such entities at a distance or to satisfy them andgain their sympathy could at times prove no less challenging than toserve the gods. On the other hand, imagining those entities helpedancient societies and individuals, and particularly the literary elitesamong them, to manage and structure the contingencies of the world theylived in.The present volume offers the proceedings of an internationalsymposium, organized by the chair of Milieux Bibliques and held at the College de France on 19-20 May2014, dealing with intermediate beings as imagined in ancient NearEastern societies and reflected in their textual and visual records. Theaim was to get a better sense of how such entities were conceived, whatroles they were attributed and what functions they fulfilled in cultureand society, religion and literature, ritual and belief. Thecontributions scrutinize cuneiform and other ancient Near Eastern texts,as well as biblical literature, in order to understand ancientMesopotamian, Levantine and Israelite conceptions of human-divinehybrids and intermediaries; other papers address ancient Egyptian,Jewish, Manichaean, Christian, Zoroastrian, and Islamic sources andbeliefs. In all their variety, and in the variety of the numinousfigures (collectives or individuals, anonymous or named) that areanalyzed, these studies provide vivid insights into how the ancientsexperienced and modeled the reality they lived in when mobilizinghuman-divine intermediates for their own concerns. It has long been an important issue for many religions, both ancient and modern, to imagine and question the differences between humans and deities as well as their means to communicate between each other. Ancient Near Eastern texts and iconography conceive this relationship in more than binary terms (i.e., human vs. divine): they pr Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.