From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East Tracing the Origins of Religion

"This book traces the transformation of the belief systems that shaped life in ancient Near Eastern communities, from prehistoric times until the advent of religious monotheism in the Levant during the first millennium BCE. It offers new insights into the symbolic value embodied in the religious materiality produced in the ancient Near East"--

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Nicola Laneri is professor of Near Eastern Archaeology at the University of Catania, Director of the School of Religious Studies, and has been Fulbright Research Scholar in the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University. He has directed archaeological work at sites in Turkey, Azarbaijan, Iran, and Iraq.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Nicola (University of Catania Laneri, Nicola Laneri, Laneri Nicola
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Inhalt: Buch
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.04.2024
• Thema: Sachbuch > Philosophie, Religion > Religion: Allgemeines, Nachschlagewerke; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Geschichte > Altertum
• EAN: 9781009306645
• ISBN: 978-1-0-0930664-5
• Anzahl Seiten: 266
• Themen: SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, Middle East, Theology, Social and cultural anthropology, Ancient History, Ancient religions and Mythologies, For higher / tertiary / university education, Middle & Near Eastern archaeology, Archaeological sites, c 10 000 to c 4000 BCE