Death, Burial, and Rebirth in the Religions of AntiquityPsychology Press, 1999 - 246 pàgines In Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity, Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He analyses the varied burial rituals and examines the different notions of the afterlife. Among the areas covered are: |
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Jon Davies. and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity Jon Davies Religion in the First Christian Centuries ROUTLEDGE R DEATH , BURIAL AND REBIRTH IN THE RELIGIONS OF ANTIQUITY. Death , Burial Front Cover.
... religion was of central importance . In any religious culture , the treatment of death is of central importance . In Death , Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity , Jon Davies charts the significance of death in the religions ...
... religion across the different religions of antiquity and to set up comparisons and contrasts , resonances and discontinu- ities , and thus reach a profounder understanding of the religious experience in the ancient world . Topics to be ...
Jon Davies. DEATH , BURIAL AND REBIRTH IN THE RELIGIONS OF ANTIQUITY Jon Davies EDGE R Taylor & Francis Group London and New York First published 1999 by Routledge 11 New Fetter Lane ,
... religions of antiquity / Jon Davies . p . cm . ( Religion in the first Christian centuries ) Includes bibliographical references and index . 1. Death - Religious aspects - History of doctrines . 2. Funeral rites and ceremonies , Ancient ...
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OSIRIS AND ISIS The lifetheology of Ancient Egypt | 27 |
ZOROASTER AHURA MAZDA AND AHRIMAN | 40 |
CANAANITES AND MESOPOTAMIANS | 47 |
MERE TEXTS OR LIVING REALITIES? The possible influence of the older thanatologies on Judaism and Christianity | 60 |
FROM CAVES AND ROCKCUT TOMBS TO JUDAISM | 69 |
THE GENERAL ARCHAEOLOGY OF THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST | 71 |
JUDAISM Towards the common era | 84 |
BURYING THE JEWISH DEAD | 95 |
ROMAN RELIGION AND ROMAN FUNERALS | 139 |
OVIDS EVERVARYING FORMS Greek mythologies sarcophagi and the boundaries of mortality | 155 |
OVIDS BONDS OF LOVE AND DUTY Funerals epitaphs orations and death in the arena | 167 |
CHRISTIANS MARTYRS SOLDIERS SAINTS | 187 |
CHRISTIAN BURIAL | 191 |
THE NATURE OF MARTYRDOM | 201 |
Epilogue | 217 |
APPENDIX | 221 |
GOOD LUCK WITH YOUR RESURRECTION Opening the heavens and raising the dead | 110 |
ROMANS AND GREEKS A theodicy of good fortune? | 125 |
ROMAN AND GREEK PHILOSOPHIES OF DEATH | 127 |
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