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Divine names on the spot III : naming and agency in ancient Greek and west Semitic texts / edited by Thomas Galoppin and Sylvain Lebreton.
Van Pelt Library BT180.N2 D584 2025
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- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 307.
- Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 307
- Language:
- English
- French
- Subjects (All):
- Gods--Names.
- Gods.
- Gods, Greek--Names.
- Gods, Greek.
- Gods, Semitic--Names.
- Gods, Semitic.
- Gods--Names--Congresses.
- Gods, Greek--Names--Congresses.
- Gods, Semitic--Names--Congresses.
- Genre:
- Conference papers and proceedings
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 318 pages ; 25 cm
- Other Title:
- Naming and agency in ancient Greek and west Semitic texts
- Place of Publication:
- Leuven ; Paris ; Bristol, CT : Peeters, (2025)
- Language Note:
- Contributions in English and French; critical matter in English.
- Summary:
- "In the line of the previous volumes of the series 'Divine names on the spot' devoted to the study of divine names in Greek and Semitic contexts, this third one focuses on the question 'Who named the gods?' Naming the divine, within the ritual communication or in narratives and discourses about gods and goddesses, involves choices, negotiations or strategies by human agents, in accordance with traditions or in order to activate innovations. Always context-sensitive, the agency of human addressers, narrators, or beneficiaries of the divine powers must be put forward as a main factor of these processes. From the addresses to the gods by kings in Cyprus to the carriage drivers naming Poseidon Helikapanaios in Thessaly, through the carving of divine names on a cup found in Jerusalem, the dozen of contributions gathered here make steps for a long exploration of divine names in the making, and suggest a few directions and orientations for investigating human agency in religious history"--Back cover.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references.
- "This collective volume is the third issue of the series 'Divine names on the spot' and a result of a one-year seminar held at the University of Toulouse in the framework of the ERC Advanced Grant 'Mapping ancient polytheisms: cult epithets as an Interface between Religious Systems and Human Agency,' funded by the European Research Council from October 2017 to June 2023 (741182)"--Page vii.
- Other Format:
- e-book version
- ISBN:
- 9789042955943
- 9042955945
- OCLC:
- 1559626139
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