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© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

© 2021 by the President and Fellows of Harvard College

Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction ix
  4. Note on Translation and Transliteration xv
  5. Abbreviations xvii
  6. Maps xviii
  7. Encountering Ancient Religions
  8. What Is Ancient Mediterranean Religion? 1
  9. Monotheism and Polytheism 17
  10. Ritual 32
  11. Myth 45
  12. Cosmology: Time and History 59
  13. Pollution, Sin, Atonement, Salvation 71
  14. Law and Ethics 84
  15. Mysteries 98
  16. Religions in Contact 112
  17. Writing and Religion 127
  18. Magic 139
  19. Histories
  20. Egypt 153
  21. Mesopotamia 165
  22. Syria and Canaan 173
  23. Israel 181
  24. Anatolia: Hittites 189
  25. Iran 197
  26. Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations 206
  27. Greece 210
  28. Etruria 220
  29. Rome 225
  30. Early Christianity 233
  31. Key Topics
  32. Sacred Times and Spaces 241
  33. Religious Personnel 288
  34. Religious Organizations and Bodies 311
  35. Sacrifice, Offerings, and Votives 325
  36. Prayers, Hymns, Incantations, and Curses 349
  37. Divination and Prophecy 370
  38. Deities and Demons 392
  39. Religious Practices of the Individual and Family 423
  40. Rites of Passage 438
  41. Illnesses and Other Crises 452
  42. Death, the Afterlife, and Other Last Things 470
  43. Sin, Pollution, and Purity 496
  44. Ethics and Law Codes 514
  45. Theology, Theodicy, Philosophy 531
  46. Religion and Politics 547
  47. Controlling Religion 564
  48. Myth and Sacred Narratives 578
  49. Visual Representations 598
  50. Sacred Texts and Canonicity 622
  51. Esotericism and Mysticism 640
  52. Epilogue 657
  53. Illustrations 669
  54. Acknowledgments 671
  55. Contributors 673
  56. Index 677
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Chapters in this book

  1. Frontmatter i
  2. Contents v
  3. Introduction ix
  4. Note on Translation and Transliteration xv
  5. Abbreviations xvii
  6. Maps xviii
  7. Encountering Ancient Religions
  8. What Is Ancient Mediterranean Religion? 1
  9. Monotheism and Polytheism 17
  10. Ritual 32
  11. Myth 45
  12. Cosmology: Time and History 59
  13. Pollution, Sin, Atonement, Salvation 71
  14. Law and Ethics 84
  15. Mysteries 98
  16. Religions in Contact 112
  17. Writing and Religion 127
  18. Magic 139
  19. Histories
  20. Egypt 153
  21. Mesopotamia 165
  22. Syria and Canaan 173
  23. Israel 181
  24. Anatolia: Hittites 189
  25. Iran 197
  26. Minoan and Mycenaean Civilizations 206
  27. Greece 210
  28. Etruria 220
  29. Rome 225
  30. Early Christianity 233
  31. Key Topics
  32. Sacred Times and Spaces 241
  33. Religious Personnel 288
  34. Religious Organizations and Bodies 311
  35. Sacrifice, Offerings, and Votives 325
  36. Prayers, Hymns, Incantations, and Curses 349
  37. Divination and Prophecy 370
  38. Deities and Demons 392
  39. Religious Practices of the Individual and Family 423
  40. Rites of Passage 438
  41. Illnesses and Other Crises 452
  42. Death, the Afterlife, and Other Last Things 470
  43. Sin, Pollution, and Purity 496
  44. Ethics and Law Codes 514
  45. Theology, Theodicy, Philosophy 531
  46. Religion and Politics 547
  47. Controlling Religion 564
  48. Myth and Sacred Narratives 578
  49. Visual Representations 598
  50. Sacred Texts and Canonicity 622
  51. Esotericism and Mysticism 640
  52. Epilogue 657
  53. Illustrations 669
  54. Acknowledgments 671
  55. Contributors 673
  56. Index 677
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