La raison des signes : présages, rites, destin dans les sociétés de la méditerranée ancienne / edité par Stella Georgoudi, Renée Koch Piettre, Francis Schmidt.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Georgoudi, Stella.

Koch Piettre, Renée.

Schmidt, Francis.

Series:

Graeco-Roman world ; v. 174.

Graeco-Roman world, 0927-7633 ; v. 174

Language:

French

Subjects (All):

Omens--Mediterranean Region--History.

Omens.

Divination--Mediterranean Region--History.

Divination.

History.

Mediterranean Region--Religious life and customs.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

pages cm.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.

Summary:

The 21 essays of this collection investigate the interpretation of natural signs and rituals to predict the future or meanings of events in the ancient world, with consideration of practices among all the religions of the Mediterranean, including pharoanic, Greek, Roman, Judaic, those of pre-Islamic Arabia, early Islam, and the pre-Islamic cultures of Anatolia. Among the themes and topics are public divination in Rome, use of divine signs to support priestly power in Anatolia, and signs and prodigies in the writings of Flavius Josephus and Tacitus. All three editors are affiliated with the religious studies department at the École pratique des hautes études in Paris, France. The essays are in French. Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9789004209459

900420945X

OCLC:

748290827