Religion in Ancient History - Studies in Ideas, Men and Events

Religion in Ancient History (1969) includes 25 essays on comparative religion, studying the religions of the peoples of ancient Egypt, Mesopotamia, Israel, Greece and Iran. It looks at key ideas such as creation, death, time, the soul, and figures like Osiris, Akhenaten, Job, Zarathustra and Christ.

List of contents

1. The Origin of Religion 2. 'In the Beginning' 3. The Personification of Death in Some Ancient Religions 4. Time as God and Devil 5. The Idea of the Soul 6. The Idea of the Soul II 7. The Judgement of the Dead 8. Osiris 9. Akhenaten 10. The Tale of Gilgamesh 11. The Jewish Philosophy of History 12. The Book of Job 13. Zarathustra and the Dualism of Iran 14. Herod the Great 15. The Jews of History 16. The Trial of Jesus 17. Pontius Pilate in History and Legend 18. The Fall of Jerusalem A.D. 70 19. The Zealots 20. Josephus 21. St Paul 22. The Gnostic Problem in Early Christianity 23. The Devil 24. Angels 25. B.C. and A.D.: the Christian Philosophy of History

Product details

• Authors: Brandon S.G.F.
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 01.12.2025
• EAN: 9781032774688
• ISBN: 978-1-032-77468-8
• No. of pages: 422
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: The Ancient World
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, European History, HISTORY / Ancient / General, HISTORY / Europe / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, Anthropology, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Antiquities & Archaeology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology, RELIGION / Ancient, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Religion: general, General & world history, Ancient World, Social and cultural history, Ancient History, Archaeology by period / region, General and world history, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Ancient religions & mythologies, Ancient religions and Mythologies