The religious aspects of war in the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome /

The Religious Aspect of Warfare in the Ancient Near East, Greece and Rome is a volume dedicated to investigating the relationship between religion and war in antiquity in minute detail. The nineteen chapters are divided into three groups: the ancient Near East, Greece, and Rome. They are presented i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Ulanowski, Krzysztof (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, [2016]
Colección:Culture and history of the ancient Near East ; v. 84.
Temas:
War > Religious aspects.
Guerre > Aspect religieux.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Gaia & Earth Energies.
RELIGION > Christianity > General.
War > Religious aspects
Middle East.
Greece.
Rome.
Greece
Middle East
Rome (Empire)
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminary Material
  • Introduction / Krzysztof Ulanowski
  • War in Mesopotamian Culture / Pietro Mander
  • Some Remarks Concerning the Development of the Theology of War in Ancient Mesopotamia / Vladimir Sazonov
  • Battle-Descriptions in Mesopotamian Sources i: Presargonic and Sargonic Period / Sebastian Fink
  • A Comparison of the Role of Bāru and Mantis in Ancient Warfare / Krzysztof Ulanowski
  • Eclipses and the Precipitation of Conflict: Deciphering the Signal to Attack / Micah Ross
  • War and Religion in Ancient Greece / Robert Parker
  • The Terrified Face of Alcyoneus: The Religious Character of Greek Warfare, or What about the Vanquished? / Bogdan Burliga
  • The Burning of Greek Temples by the Persians and Greek War-Propaganda / Eduard Rung
  • Weather, Luck and the Divine in Thucydides / Rachel Bruzzone
  • Xenophon's Piety within the Hipparchikos / Simone Agrimonti
  • The Mounted Torch-Race at the Athenian Bendideia / Nicholas Sekunda
  • Like Gods among Men. The Use of Religion and Mythical Issues during Alexander's Campaign / Borja Antela-Bernárdez
  • Defence and Offence in the Egyptian Royal Titles of Alexander the Great / Ivan Ladynin
  • Egyptian Warriors: Machimoi, in Coroplastic Art-Selected Examples / Sławomir Jędraszek
  • Clenar larans etnam svalce: Myth, Religion, and Warfare in Etruria / Joshua R. Hall
  • The Ara Pacis Augustae and the Campus Martius: Peace and War, Antinomic or Complementary Realities in the Roman World / Dan-Tudor Ionescu
  • The Religious Legitimation of War in the Reign of Antoninus Pius / André Heller
  • Roman Soldiers in Official Cult Ceremonies: Performance, Participation and Religious Experience / Tomasz Dziurdzik
  • Religious Aspects of the Bar Kokhba Revolt: The Founding of Aelia Capitolina on the Ruins of Jerusalem / Boaz Zissu and Hanan Eshel
  • Index of Authors.

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