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Family and household religion in ancient Israel and the Levant /
It details family religious beliefs as expressed in the almost 3,000 individual Hebrew personal names that have so far been recorded in epigraphic and biblical material. The Hebrew onomasticon is further compared with 1,400 Ammonite, Moabite, Aramean, and Phoenician names. These data encompass the v...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Winona Lake, Ind. :
Eisenbrauns,
2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Contents
- List of Figures
- Preface
- Abbreviations General
- Reference Works
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- 1.1.�History of research
- 1.2.�Interdisciplinary approach and temporal limitations of the subject
- 1.3.�The structure of the present book
- Chapter 2 Methodological Reflections
- 2.1.�Problems of modern and biblical terminology
- 2.2.�The problem of living space in domestic buildings
- 2.3.�Overcoming the discrepancy between the archaeological evidence and the biblical ideal
- 2.4.�Relations between different types of family households and to additional kin2.5.�Conclusions for reconstructing the Israelite family and household religion
- 2.6.�Religious-historical concepts regarding family religion
- 2.7.�Family and household religion within the religion of Israel
- Chapter 3 Elements of Domestic Cult in Ancient Israel
- 3.1.�Methodology
- 3.2.�Diagnostic objects and cult patterns
- 3.3.�Domestic cultic assemblages in Iron Age Judah and Israel
- 3.4.�Patterns of domestic cult activities in Iron Age Israel and Judah
- 3.5.�Comparative data from sites outside Israel and JudahChapter 4 Typology of Iron Age Cult Places
- 4.1.�Domestic cult: The house as space for ritual activities (Type IA)
- 4.2.�Domestic shrines (Type IB)
- 4.3.�Patterns of cult places outside the domestic realm
- 4.4.�Conclusions
- Chapter 5 Personal Names and Family Religion
- 5.1.�Introductory questions
- 5.2.�Religious beliefs expressed in Hebrew personal names
- 5.3.�Family beliefs related to the conduct of everyday life
- 5.4.�The deities venerated in family religion
- 5.5.�Iconographic evidence for iconic stamp seals serving personal piety and family religion (R. Schmitt)Chapter 6 Rites of Family and Household Religion
- 6.1.�Introduction
- 6.2.�Rites and rituals associated with the cycle of human life
- 6.3.�Rites, rituals, and observances set by the calendar
- 6.4.�Occasional rituals
- 6.5.�Taboos and other observances
- 6.6.�Family rites and rituals and their significance for the symbolic system of the family
- Chapter 7 Care for the Dead in the Context of the Household and Family
- 7.1.�Introduction
- 7.2.�Status of the dead7.3.�Mourning the dead
- 7.4.�Burying the dead
- 7.5.�Feeding the dead and other forms of post-mortem care for the dead
- 7.6.�Commemorating the dead
- 7.7.�Interrogating the dead
- 7.8.�Summary and conclusions: The functions of mortuary rites in the context of family and household religion
- Chapter 8 Summary
- 8.1.�Research history
- 8.2.�Methodology
- 8.3.�Archaeological evidence for domestic religious practices
- 8.4.�Typology of cult places outside the domestic realm