A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World by Raja, Rubina

A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781119042846)

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A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World by Raja, Rubina

A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World

$57.95
A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World by Raja, Rubina

A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World

$57.95
Format: Paperback
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A Companion to the Archaeology of Religion in the Ancient World presents a comprehensive overview of a wide range of topics relating to the practices, expressions, and interactions of religion in antiquity, primarily in the Greco-Roman world.

- Features readings that focus on religious experience and expression in the ancient world rather than solely on religious belief

- Places a strong emphasis on domestic and individual religious practice

- Represents the first time that the concept of "lived religion" is applied to the ancient history of religion and archaeology of religion

- Includes cutting-edge data taken from top contemporary researchers and theorists in the field

- Examines a large variety of themes and religious traditions across a wide geographical area and chronological span

- Written to appeal equally to archaeologists and historians of religion



Author: Rubina Raja
ISBN-10: 1119042844
ISBN-13: 9781119042846
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Language: English
Published: 01/09/2020
Pages: 520
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.05lbs
Size: 9.50h x 6.70w x 1.10d
By Rubina Raja
By Rubina Raja
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THE EDITORS

Rubina Raja is professor of Classical Archaeology at Aarhus University, Denmark. She studied Classical Archaeology in Copenhagen, Rome and Oxford and heads an excavation project in Jerash, Jordan. Among other things she works on the archaeology of religion in the Roman period and is involved as co director of the ERC funded project "Lived ancient religion" at Erfurt University.

Jg R?ke is Fellow for History of Religion at the Max Weber Centre of the University of Erfurt. He has held positions in Classical Philology and Comparative Religion and is director of the ERC project "Lived ancient religion".

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