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Informationen zum Autor Robin Derricourt is an Honorary Professor of History in the School of Humanities at the University of New South Wales and a Fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. He holds a PhD in archaeology from the University of Cambridge. His previous books include Inventing Africa: History, Archaeology and Ideas (2011), Antiquity Imagined: The Remarkable Legacy of Egypt and the Ancient Near East (2015) and Unearthing Childhood: Young Lives in Prehistory (2018), which received the PROSE Award for Archaeology and Ancient History. Klappentext This book uses history and archaeology to examine the origins of major monotheistic religions: describing the contexts of times, places and societies where Mormonism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism began. It strips away myths and later traditions to provide a secular account of how these faiths first took root. Zusammenfassung This book uses history and archaeology to examine the origins of major monotheistic religions: describing the contexts of times, places and societies where Mormonism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism and Zoroastrianism began. It strips away myths and later traditions to provide a secular account of how these faiths first took root. -- . Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Introduction: religions' origins in context2 Frontiers of place and belief: Mormon origins and journeys3 Vision, faith and conquest: the source and power of Islam4 Rural Galilee to imperial cities: the beginnings and spread of Christianity5 Scribes, priests and exiles under foreign rule: the emergence of monotheistic Judaism6 Ahura Mazda and the enigmas of Zoroastrian origins7 Prophets, texts, religions and history: some conclusionsIndex
