"When on high the heavens..." : Mesopotamian religion and spirituality with reference to the biblical world /: Mesopotamian religion and spirituality with reference to the biblical world. (2023)
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- Book
- Title:
- "When on high the heavens..." : Mesopotamian religion and spirituality with reference to the biblical world /: Mesopotamian religion and spirituality with reference to the biblical world. (2023)
- Main Title:
- "When on high the heavens..." : Mesopotamian religion and spirituality with reference to the biblical world
- Uniform Title:
- Quando in alto i cieli.
- Further Information:
- Note: Giorgio Buccellati ; translation coordinated by Jonah Lynch.
- Authors:
- Buccellati, Giorgio
- Other Names:
- Lynch, Jonah translator.
- Contents:
- Introduction 1. Religion and spirituality; 2. Mesopotamia and the Bible; PART 1: The divine element; 3. The concept of the divine; 4. The encounter with the divine; 5. Structure of the divine; 6. Diachronic developments; PART 2: The human element in his relationship with the divine ; 7. The "affecting presence"; SECTION ONE: The individual; A. The divine manifestation at the individual level ; 8. Morality; 9. Divination; 10. Prophetism; 11. Apparitions; B. The search for the divine at an individual level ; 12. Meditation; 13. Magic and rituals for the individual; 14. Individual prayer; 15. Materializations; SECTION TWO. The community; A. The divine manifestation at the community level ; 16. Politics; 17. Narrative; 18. Representations; 19. History; B. The search for the divine at the community level; 20. The temple; 21. Proclamation; 22. Worship; 23. The ruin of the sacred; Conclusion; 24. Them and us; 25. Fatigue and catharsis; 26. Afterword.
- Edition:
- 1st
- Publisher Details:
- London : Routledge
- Publication Date:
- 2023
- Extent:
- 1 online resource (288 pages)
- Subjects:
- 299.21
Assyro-Babylonian religion
Assyro-Babylonian literature -- Relation to the Old Testament - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781000933680
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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