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RELIGIONS IN THE ANCIENT WORLD TWO VOLUME SET General Editor: Michele Renee Salzman, University of California, Riverside
A comprehensive history of religions in the ancient world from the Bronze Age to Late Antiquity
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Volume 1: From the Bronze Age to the Hellenistic Age Edited by Michele Renee Salzman, University of California, Riverside and Marvin A. Sweeney, Claremont School of Theology A goldmine of information on the religious practices and beliefs of ancient peoples, with sophisticated attention to sources, problems of research, material culture, and social and political setting. Readers glimpse the diverse ways in which some of our distant ancestors met the challenges of life and death. Elizabeth A. Clark, Duke University
Introduction to Volumes I and II: Michele Renee Salzman, General Editor Introduction to Volume I: Marvin A. Sweeney, Editor Part I. Mesopotamia and the Near East: 1. Sumerian Religion: Graham Cunningham 2. Assyrian and Babylonian Religions: Tammi J. Schneider 3. Hittite Religion: Gary Beckman 4. Zoroastrianism: Prods Oktor Skjærvø 5. Syro-Canaanite Religions: David P. Wright 6. Israelite and Judean Religions: Marvin A. Sweeney Part II. Egypt and North Africa: 7. Egyptian Religion: Denise M. Doxey 8. Phoenician-Punic Religion: Philip C. Schmitz
Part III. Greece and the Eastern Mediterranean: 9. Minoan religion: Nanno Marinatos 10. Mycenaean Religion: Ian Rutherford 11. Archaic and Classical Greek Religion: Emily Kearns Part IV. The Western Mediterranean and Europe: 12. Etruscan religion: Nancy T. de Grummond 13. Roman Religion through the Early Republic: Jörg Rüpke 14. Celtic Religion in Western and Central Europe: Dorothy Watts Suggestions for Further Reading General Index Index of Citations: Textual and Material Sources, Scriptural Sources
Volume 2: From the Hellenistic Age to Late Antiquity Edited by William Adler, North Carolina State University An essential reference for understanding the religious changes that took place across the Mediterranean, Europe, and the Near East concurrent with the rise of Christianity as well as the diverse local Judaisms, Christianities, and traditional cults that made up the religions of late antiquity. Salzman and Adler have commissioned a superb team of senior scholars, specialists in the periods and regions they cover, who are particularly attentive to historical nuance and material culture. David Frankfurter, Boston University
Introduction to Volume II: William Adler Part I. Iran and the Near East: 1. Religion in Iran: The Parthian and Sassanian periods (247 BCE–654 CE): Albert de Jong 2. Creating Local Religious Identities in the Roman Near East: Ted Kaizer 3. Judaism in Palestine in the Hellenistic-Roman Periods: Esther Eshel and Michael E. Stone 4. Post-70 Judaism in Judaea and the Near East: Hayim Lapin 5. Christianity in Syria: Sidney H. Griffith Part II. Egypt and North Africa: 6. Traditional Religion in Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt: Françoise Dunand 7. Judaism in Egypt: Joseph Mélèze Modrzejewski 8. Ancient Egyptian Christianity: Jacques van der Vliet 9. Cult and Belief in Punic and Roman Africa: Brent Shaw 10. Christianity in Roman Africa: Robin M. Jensen
Part III. Greece and Asia Minor: 11. Religions of Greece and Asia Minor: Lynn E. Roller 12. Judaism in Asia Minor: Pieter W. van der Horst 13. Christianity in Asia Minor: Observations on the Epigraphy: Frank R. Trombley Part IV. Italy, Roman Gaul, and Spain: 14. Religion in Rome and Italy from the Late Republic through Late Antiquity: Michele Renee Salzman 15. Judaism in Italy and the West: Giancarlo Lacerenza 16. Christianity in Italy: Dennis Trout 17. Religions and Cities in Roman Gaul (First to Fourth Centuries CE): William van Andringa 18. Christianity in Gaul: William Klingshirn 19. Religions of Roman Spain: Michael Kulikowski Suggestions for Further Reading General Index Index of Citations
The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World Two Volume Set The essays in the Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World examine the major cults and religious practices in the ancient Near East and Mediterranean, extending from the Bronze Age into the late Roman period. Including literary, inscriptional and archaeological evidence, and supplemented with maps, illustrations and detailed indexes, this two-volume set provides a fascinating and in-depth reference work for scholars and students.
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