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As above, so below : religion and geography
Title
As above, so below : religion and geography / edited by Gina Konstantopoulos and Shana Zaia.
ISBN
9781646021109
164602110X
Publication
University Park, Pennsylvania : Eisenbrauns, [2021]
Physical Description
ix, 194 pages : illustrations, maps ; 27 cm.
Notes
"This volume presents studies based on papers that were presented in the context of a workshop of the same name that took place at the Rencontre Assyriologique Internationale meeting in Philadelphia on July 11, 2016"--Editor's introduction.
Summary
"A collection of essays addressing the nexus of religion and geography in the ancient Near East, presenting several case studies that cover a range of time periods and areas to illuminate the diverse phenomena that occur when religion is viewed through the lenses of space and place"-- Provided by publisher.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
October 28, 2021
Series
Rencontre assyriologique internationale
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Gods in the margins : religion, kingship, and the fictionalized frontier / Gina Konstantopoulos
Place and portability : divine emblems in Old Babylonian law / Seth Richardson
Mari's investiture scene and the visualization of kingship in the Old Babylonian period / Elizabeth Knott
Divine foundations : religion and Assyrian capital cities / Shana Zaia
Approaches to the religious topography of the oasis of Taymāʼ, northwest Arabia, during the first millennium BCE : images, text and space / Arnulf Hausleiter and Sebastiano Lora.
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