Ancient Religions Books

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   Passions and Moral Progress in Greco-Roman Thought

   Edited by John T. Fitzgerald

   This book contains a collection of 13 essays from leading scholars on the relationship between passionate emotions and moral advancement in Greek and Roman thought. Recognising that emotions played a key role in whether individuals lived happily, ancient...

   August 2010 | 978-0-415-59491-2 | Paperback (Routledge)

2. Laughing Gods, Weeping Virgins: Laughter in the History of Religion

   By Ingvild Saelid Gilhus

   May 2009 | 978-0-415-55505-0 | Paperback (Routledge)

3. Spirituality, Sufism: Mini-set E 11 vols: Routledge Library Editions: Islam

   By Various

   Sufism, the mystical movement within Islam, has, in a thousand years of history has powerfully influenced the life, art and literature of the Muslim peoples. It has supplied the element of personal devotion and direct apprehension of Divine Realities which the more formal and practical character of...

   2007 | 978-0-415-43361-7 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses, 2nd Edition

   By George Hart

   The Routledge Dictionary of Egyptian Gods and Goddesses contains one of the most comprehensive listings and descriptions of Egyptian deities. Now in its second edition, it provides: a new introduction updated entries and four new entries on deities names of the deities as Hieroglyphs a survey...

   2005 | 978-0-415-34495-1 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Christianity in the Land of the Pharaohs: The Coptic Orthodox Church

   By Jill Kamil

   The Copts - the indigenous Christians of Egypt - declared their independence from Byzantine Christianity when they appointed their own patriarchs in the sixth century. Jill Kamil has written an angaging and accessible survey of the history of Christianity on Egypt, through its development under...

   2002 | 978-0-415-24253-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Jews in the Hellenistic and Roman Cities

   Edited by John R. Bartlett

   Articles examine the city of Jerusalem and other Jewish communities of the Mediterranean diaspora, as reflected in the writings of Luke, Josephus and Philo. Topics covered include social identity, everyday life and religious practice.This will be of interest to students of Roman history, biblical...

   2002 | 978-0-415-18638-4 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Roman Religion in Valerius Maximus

   By Hans-Friedrich Mueller

   2002 | 978-0-415-27108-0 | Hardback (Routledge)
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   Martyrdom and Noble Death: Selected Texts from Graeco-Roman, Jewish and Christian Antiquity

   By Friedrich Avemarie, Jan Willem van Henten

   This volume explores the fascinating phenomenon of noble death through pagan, Jewish and Christian sources. Today's society is uncomfortable with death, and willingly submitting to a violent and ostentatious death in public is seen as particularly shocking and unusual. Yet classical sources give a...

   2002 | 978-0-415-13891-8 | Paperback (Routledge)
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   Magic in the Roman World: Pagans, Jews and Christians

   By Naomi Janowitz

   Using in-depth examples of 'magical' practice such as exorcisms, love rites, alchemy and the transformation of humans into divine beings, this lively volume demonstrates that the word 'magic' was used widely in late antique texts as part of polemics against enemies and sometimes merely as a term...

   2001 | 978-0-415-20207-7 | Paperback (Routledge)
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    Magic and Magicians in the Greco-Roman World

    By Matthew W Dickie, Matthew W. Dickie

    This study is the first to assemble the evidence for the existence of sorcerors in the ancient world; it also addresses the question of their identity and social origins. The resulting investigation takes us to the underside of Greek and Roman society, into a world of wandering holy men and women,...

    2001 | 978-0-415-24982-9 | Hardback (Routledge)