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Zusatztext This volume will be an invaluable read for students and scholars interested in the ancient Near East and Egypt or the history and nature of religion more generally. Informationen zum Autor Nicola Laneri is Director of the Museum of Archeology and Professor of Archeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Catania, Italy. He is also Director of the School of Religious Studies at CAMNES, Italy. Sharon Steadman is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Rozanne Brooks Museum at SUNY Cortland, USA. Klappentext With contributions spanning from the Neolithic Age to the Iron Age, this book offers important insights into the religions and ritual practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities through the lenses of their material remains. The book begins with a theoretical introduction to the concept of material religion and features editor introductions to each of its six parts, which tackle the following themes: the human body; religious architecture; the written word; sacred images; the spirituality of animals; and the sacred role of the landscape. Illustrated with over 100 images, chapters provide insight into every element of religion and materiality, from the largest building to the smallest amulet. This is a benchmark work for further studies on material religion in the ancient Near East and Egypt. Vorwort Presents 37 innovative material-based perspectives to provide an overview of religions of the ancient Near East and Egypt. Zusammenfassung With contributions spanning from the Neolithic Age to the Iron Age, this book offers important insights into the religions and ritual practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities through the lenses of their material remains. The book begins with a theoretical introduction to the concept of material religion and features editor introductions to each of its six parts, which tackle the following themes: the human body; religious architecture; the written word; sacred images; the spirituality of animals; and the sacred role of the landscape. Illustrated with over 100 images, chapters provide insight into every element of religion and materiality, from the largest building to the smallest amulet. This is a benchmark work for further studies on material religion in the ancient Near East and Egypt. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction, Nicola Laneri (University of Catania, Italy) and Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland, USA) Part I: Material Religion 1. Chance and Lived Religion: The Material Culture of Transforming Randomness into Purpose, David Morgan (Duke University, USA) Part II: The Human Body 2. Material Religion and the Body in the Ancient Near East, Brenna Hassert (University College London, UK) 3. Jewelry as a Powerful Tool in the Ritual Discourse between Humans and the Supernatural in the Ancient Near East, Zuzanna Wygnanska (Polish Academy of Sciences, Poland) 4. Body Politic: Body-Objects and Necropolitics Past and Present, Melissa S. Cradic (Badé Museum of Biblical Archaeology at Pacific School of Religion, USA) 5. Behind the Cultic Statue: The Materiality of Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia, Davide Nadali ( Sapienza University of Rome, Italy ) and Lorenzo Verderame ( Sapienza University of Rome, Italy ) 6. Meanings and Practices in the Design of Objects: What Does Design Reveal about Experiences?, Michael S. Chen 7. The Brief but Spectacular Lives of Figurines in Hittite Ritual , Billie Jean Collins (Emory University, USA) Part III: Architecture 8. Religious Life, Urban Fabric and Regeneration Processes in Mari During the Second Half of the Third Millennium BCE, Pascal Butterlin (Sorbonne University, France) 9. Sacred Space and Immigrant Identity in the Mid...
