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A companion to the archaeology of religion in the ancient world / edited by Rubina Raja and Jörg Rüpke.

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Format:
Book
Contributor:
Raja, Rubina, 1975-
Rüpke, Jörg
George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Series:
Blackwell companions to the ancient world
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Archaeology and religion--Middle East.
Archaeology and religion--Greece.
Archaeology and religion--Rome.
Archaeology and religion.
Middle East--Antiquities.
Middle East.
Antiquities.
Greece--Antiquities.
Greece.
Rome--Antiquities.
Rome (Empire).
Physical Description:
xiii, 502 pages : illustrations, maps ; 26 cm.
Place of Publication:
Chichester, West Sussex : John Wiley & Sons Inc., 2015.
Contents:
1 Archaeology of Religion, Material Religion, and the Ancient World / Rubina Raja Raja, Rubina, Jörg Rüpke Rüpke, Jörg 1
Part I Archaeology of Ritual 27
2 The Archaeology of Ancient Sanctuaries / William Van Andringa Andringa, William Van 29
3 Ritual Activities, Processions and Pilgrimages / Thierry Luginbühl Luginbühl, Thierry 41
4 Perpetuated Action / Lara Weiss Weiss, Lara 60
5 Public and Private / Robert Parker Parker, Robert 71
Part II Embodiment 71
6 Amulets / Gideon Bohak Bohak, Gideon 83
7 Dress and Ornaments / Laura Gawlinski Gawlinski, Laura 96
8 Dance / Frederick Naerebout Naerebout, Frederick 107
9 Gendered Agents and Embodied Religious Experience / Zsuzsanna Várhelyi Várhelyi, Zsuzsanna 120
Part III Experiences 131
10 Polychromy and Jewish Visual Culture of Roman Antiquity / Steven Fine Fine, Steven 133
11 Watching Rituals / Valérie Huet Huet, Valérie 144
12 Killing and Preparing Animals / Patrice Méniel Méniel, Patrice 155
13 Communal Dining: Making Things Happen / Marleen Martens Martens, Marleen 167
14 Water / Olivier de Cazanove Cazanove, Olivier de 181
15 Temporary Deprivation: Rules and Meanings / Richard Gordon Gordon, Richard 194
Part IV Creating Spaces of Experiences 207
16 At Home / Kiniberly Bowes Bowes, Kiniberly 209
17 Gardens / Richard Neudecker Neudecker, Richard 220
18 Religion and Tomb / Henner von Hesberg Hesberg, Henner von, Christiane Nowak Nowak, Christiane, Ellen Thiermann Thiermann, Ellen 235
Part V Designing and Appropriating Sacred Space 251
19 Archaeology of Christian Initiation / Robin M. Jensen Jensen, Robin M. 253
20 Oracular Shrines as Places of-Religious Experience / Julia Kindt Kindt, Julia 268
21 Buildings of Religious Communities / Inge Nielsen Nielsen, Inge 279
22 Sanctuaries and Urban Spatial Settings in Roman Imperial Ostia / Marlis Arnhold Arnhold, Marlis 293
Part VI Sharing Public Space 305
23 Complex Sanctuaries in the Roman Period / Rubina Raja Raja, Rubina 307
24 Temples and Temple Interiors / Henner von Hesberg Hesberg, Henner von 320
25 Theater / Susanne Gödde Gödde, Susanne 333
26 The Archaeology of Processions / Eftychia Stavrianopoulou Stavrianopoulou, Eftychia 349
27 Urbanization and Memory / Christopher Smith Smith, Christopher 362
Part VII Expressiveness 377
28 Images / Sylvia Estienne Estienne, Sylvia 379
29 Instruments and Vessels / Anne Viola Siebert Siebert, Anne Viola 388
30 Anatomical ex votos / Günther Schörner Schörner, Günther 397
31 Monumental Inscriptions / Wolfgang Spickermann Spickermann, Wolfgang 412
Part VIII Agents 425
32 Material Culture and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity / Eric Rebillard Rebillard, Eric 427
33 Individual Choices and Individuality in the Archaeology of Ancient Religion / Jörg Rüpke Rüpke, Jörg 437
34 Material Culture and Imagined Communities in the Roman World / Eva Mol Mol, Eva, Miguel John Versluys Versluys, Miguel John 451
Part IX Transformations 463
35 Ritual Traditions of Non-Mediterranean Europe / Greg Woolf Woolf, Greg 465
36 Tracing Religious Change in Roman Africa / Valentino Gasparini Gasparini, Valentino 478.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Local Notes:
Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
Other Format:
Online version: Companion to the archaeology of religion in the ancient world
ISBN:
9781444350005
1444350005
OCLC:
914127392
Publisher Number:
99963570561

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