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Space and Time in the Religious Life of the near East

By Nicolas Wyatt

Book information

Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year
2001
ISBN
9780567049421, 9781841272887
LCC
BL1060 -- .W93 2001eb
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17864605 bytes)
Series
Biblical Seminar Ser.
Edition
1
Pages
369\369
Time added
2023-08-06 07:02:31
Religious Aspects

Description

Space and time are basic features of the world-view, even the theology, of many religions, ancient and modern. How did the world begin, and how will it end? What is the importance of religious architecture in symbolizing sacred space? Where and how do we locate the self? The divine world? Wyatt's textbook treats ancient Near Eastern religions from a perspective that allows us to access how religion shapes and orders the world of human thought and experience. The book is designed especially for classroom use, each chapter provided with suggested reading, copious quotations from ancient texts and summaries. The subject matter is treated by topic, not according to individal religions, so that the reader understands the essential points of similarity and difference between religious systems and how they model their universe.

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