Format:
1 Online-Ressource (XXIV, 306 Seiten)
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Illustrationen, Diagramme
ISBN:
9781009394796
Series Statement:
Classical scholarship in translation
Uniform Title:
Noms de dieux Portraits de divinités antiques
Content:
From Greece to Palmyra, Tyre or Babylon, the names of the gods, like 'Thundering Zeus', 'Three-faced Moon', 'Baal of the Force' or the enigmatic YHWH, reveal their history, family ties, fields of competence and capacity for action. Shared or specific, these names bring to light networks of gods: the Saviour gods, the Ancestral gods, the gods of a city or a family. Names tell stories about the relationship between men and gods, gods and places, places and cultures and so on. They show how gods travel and spread, how they appear and disappear, how they participate in the political, social, intellectual history of each community. Through the study of divine names, the twelve chapters of this book unfold a gallery of portraits that reveal the changing aspects of the divine throughout the ancient Mediterranean.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009394826
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009394802
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe The names of the gods in ancient Mediterranean religions Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2024 ISBN 9781009394826
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781009394802
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1017/9781009394796
Author information:
Bonnet, Corinne 1959-
Author information:
Häussler, Ralph 1968-
