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Creating God : The Birth and Growth of Major Religions / Derricourt, Robin.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Derricourt, Robin M., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Religions--History.
- Religions.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- 291 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Manchester, UK : Manchester University Press, 2021.
- ©2021.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction: approaching religions' history
- Interpreting religion
- History, archaeology and religion
- The structure of this book
- 2. Frontiers of place and belief: Mormon origins and journeys
- Joseph Smith, Jun. and The Book of Mormon
- Time, nation and the birthplace of Mormonism
- Religion in the Burned-over District
- Iroquois and Indian mounds
- Locating the New Zion
- The land of the Mormon settlement
- Native Americans in Utah
- Conclusions
- 3. Vision, faith and conquest: the source and power of Islam
- The narrative of early Islam
- Sources and their problems
- The Middle East before Islam
- History and Arabia
- Religion at the brink of the rise of Islam
- Geography and the puzzle of Mecca
- Archaeology of the Arabian Peninsula
- History and archaeology of the conquests
- 4. Rural Galilee to imperial cities: the beginnings and spread of Christianity
- The historical context of the Yeshua movement
- Religious orthodoxy and dissent
- The geography of Christian origins
- Archaeology of the world of Yeshua
- Paulos and the spread of the new religion
- Early Christianity and archaeology
- 5. Scribes, priests and exiles under foreign rule: the emergence of monotheistic Judaism
- Sources and source criticism
- The historical background
- The setting of the Babylonian exile
- The new world of Yehud
- The geography of the Judaean world
- Judah, Babylonia and exile in archaeology
- Persian Yehud, Jerusalem and archaeology
- 6. Ahura Mazda and the enigmas of Zoroastrian origins
- The source documents
- Historical Mazdaism
- The geographical setting
- Place and the Avestan texts
- Searching through prehistory
- 7. Prophets, religions and history: some conclusions
- Visions and cults
- Prophets and success
- Contexts.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781526156174
- 1526156172
- OCLC:
- 1239333038
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