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The pagan god : popular religion in the Greco-Roman Near East / by Javier Teixidor.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Teixidor, Javier, author.
- Series:
- Princeton legacy library.
- Princeton Legacy Library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Middle East--Religion.
- Middle East.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (206 pages).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1977.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- Summary:
- Javier Teixidor has found evidence that belief in a supreme god developed during the first millennium B.C. The Phoenician and Aramaic inscriptions he discusses indicate a trend toward monotheism that facilitated the spread of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. The author concludes that the traditional characteristics of the popular religions were preserved during this period and that the Hellenistic culture and the mystery cults did not have a significant effect on popular piety. Here, then, is a major reinterpretation of the religious life of the Near East in the Greco-Roman period based on a reliable source of information.Originally published in 1977.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- PREFACE
- One. POPULAR RELIGION IN THE GRECO-ROMAN NEAR EAST
- Two. PHOENICIAN AND SYRIAN DEITIES
- Three. DEITIES OF NORTH ARABIA
- Four. THE SUPREME GOD OF PALMYRA
- Five. PAGAN RELIGIOSITY
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL AND LITERARY SOURCES
- GENERAL INDEX
- Backmatter
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-691-64387-3
- 1-4008-7139-5
- OCLC:
- 933516314
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