"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)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Description based on CIP data; resource not viewed.
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