Death, burial, and rebirth in the religions of antiquity /
Drawing on the sociological theory of Max Weber, this volume charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world.
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| Format: | Licensed eBooks |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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London ; New York :
Routledge,
1999.
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| Schriftenreihe: | Religion in the first Christian centuries.
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| Online-Zugang: | https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=70320 |
Inhaltsangabe:
- pt. 1. Death in the Ancient Near East
- pt. 2. From caves and rock-cut tombs to Judaism
- pt. 3. Romans and Greeks : a theodicy of good fortune?
- pt. 4. Christians, martyrs, soldiers, saints.