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Household and family religion in Antiquity by John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan is a nonfiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Household and family religion in Antiquity about?
The first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity. Advances our understanding of household and familial religion, as opposed to state-sponsored or civic temple cults Reconstructs domestic and family religious practices in Egypt, Greece, Rome, Israel, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, Emar, and Philistia Explores many household rituals, such as providing for ancestral spirits, and petitioning of a householdвЂTMs patron deities or of spirits associated with the house itself Examines lifecycle rituals – from pregnancy and birth to maturity, old age, death, and beyond Looks at religious practices relating to the household both within the home itself and other spaces, such as at extramural tombs and local sanctuaries
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It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan
- Publisher
- Blackwell Pub. Ltd; Wiley-Blackwell; Wiley-Interscience
- Published
- 2008
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9786612115660
- Category
- nonfiction
- Subjects
- History, Religion, Christian
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