Ebook: Religion in the ancient Mediterranean world
Author: Holland Glenn Stanfield
- Tags: Mediterranean Region -- Religion., Mediterranean Region -- History -- To 476., Egypt -- Religion -- History., Religion., Egypt., Mediterranean Region.
- Series: Great courses (Videorecording)
- Year: 2005
- Publisher: Teaching Co
- City: Chantilly, Va., Egypt, Mediterranean Region, Egypt., Mediterranean Region
- Edition: Library ed
- Language: English
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"This course of 48 lectures is an introduction to the religious cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world, from the earliest indications of human religious practices during the prehistoric era to the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity in the 4th century of the Common Era. The course examines what we can recover of the religious activities of prehistoric human beings before considering in depth the Read more...
Abstract: "This course of 48 lectures is an introduction to the religious cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world, from the earliest indications of human religious practices during the prehistoric era to the conversion of the Roman Empire to Christianity in the 4th century of the Common Era. The course examines what we can recover of the religious activities of prehistoric human beings before considering in depth the religious cultures of the great ancient civilizations of Egypt, Mesopotamia, Syria-Palestine, Greece, and the Roman Empire. The emphasis throughout the course is not only on the rituals and mythology of a civiliation's official religious culture but also on the beliefs, practices, and yearnings of the common person"--Page 1 of guidebook