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A companion to the archaeology of religion in the ancient world / edited by Rubina Raja and Jörg Rüpke.
Penn Museum Library BL1060 .C66 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- 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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