Book
Life and Loyalty
A Study in the Socio-Religious Culture of Syria and Mesopotamia in the Graeco-Roman Period Based on Epigraphical Evidence
-
Klaas Dijkstra
Language:
English
Published/Copyright:
1995
Purchasable on brill.com
Purchase Book
About this book
The formula 'for the life of' is often found in votive inscriptions, cast in Aramaic and other languages, which originate from the Syrian-Mesopotamian desert and adjacent areas and which roughly date from the first three centuries A.D. They belong to objects like statues and altars that usually were erected in temples and other structures with a ritual or sacred function. The inscriptions establish a relationship between the dedicator and one or more beneficiaries, those persons for whose life the dedication was made.
Since the social context evidently bears on both the meaning of the inscriptions as well as the status of the dedications, this volume deals with the nature of the relationships and the socio-religious function the dedications perform.
Since the social context evidently bears on both the meaning of the inscriptions as well as the status of the dedications, this volume deals with the nature of the relationships and the socio-religious function the dedications perform.
Author / Editor information
K. Dijkstra, Ph.D. (1992) in Theology, University of Groningen, is a minister in a small village.
He has published on the social relationships between city- and desert-dwellers in the ancient Near-East.
He has published on the social relationships between city- and desert-dwellers in the ancient Near-East.
Reviews
'This is a fine book, full of fact and intelligent interpretation.'
John F. Healey, JSS, 1999.
John F. Healey, JSS, 1999.
Topics
Publishing information
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
eBook published on:
September 1, 2015
eBook ISBN:
9789004295865
Pages and Images/Illustrations in book
Main content:
375
eBook ISBN:
9789004295865
Audience(s) for this book
All those interested in ancient Near-Eastern society and religion, the history of the Near-East in the Graeco-Roman Period, the history of religions in general, as well as scholars and students of Aramaic.
