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The Religion of the Nabataeans : A Conspectus

by: Healey, J.E.

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Category: Mythology / Ancient Religion
Code: 5769
ISBN-13: 9789004107540 / 978-90-04-10754-0
ISBN-10: 9004107541 / 90-04-10754-1
Publisher: E.J. Brill
Publication Date: 2001
Publication Place: Leiden
Binding: Cloth
Pages: 244
Book Condition: New
Comments: Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, 136

The Religion of the Nabataeans
A Conspectus
Series:
Religions in the Graeco-Roman World, Volume: 136
Author: J.F. Healey
The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek literary texts.
After a critical survey of the sources, the author analyses systematically the information on the individual gods worshipped by the Nabataeans, including a detailed illustrated account of temples and iconography. A further major section discusses religious themes: aniconism, henotheism, death-cult and the divinisation of kings. In a final chapter, Nabataean religion is considered in relation to Judaism, Christianity and Islam.
The book will be of particular interest to historians of religion in the Graeco-Roman Near East and to Semitic epigraphists.



Preliminary material
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: i–xvi

PROBLEMS OF METHOD AND A SURVEY OF SOURCES
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 1–24

BACKGROUND: NABATAEAN HISTORY AND TRADE
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 25–37

SACRED PLACES
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 38–79

THE NABATAEAN GOD AND GODDESS
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 80–119

OTHER DEITIES WORSHIPPED BY THE NABATAEANS
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 120–154

IMAGES AND RITUALS
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 155–180

THE WORLD OF NABATAEAN RELIGION
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 181–210

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 211–234

INDICES
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 235–242

RELIGIONS IN THE GRAECO-ROMAN WORLD
Author: John F. Healey
Pages: 243–244

 

 
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The Religion of the Nabataeans : A Conspectus

by: Healey, J.E.

  • ISBN-13: 9789004107540 / 978-90-04-10754-0
  • ISBN-03: 9004107541 / 90-04-10754-1
  • E.J. Brill, Leiden, 2001

Price: 147,00 EURO

(in stock)