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Author : Benjamin Z. Kedar
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1349140848
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land written by Benjamin Z. Kedar and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sacred Space: Shrine, City, Land - a collection of articles that deal with Holy Places from Antiquity to the present; from the lands of the Fertile Crescent to Europe, India, Japan and Mexico; from mountains and seas to temples, cities and countries; from the construction, perception and functioning of sacred sites to the psychotic breakdowns they bring on some visitors.

Author : Benjamin Z Kedar
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 9780814746806
Total Pages : 272 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sacred Space written by Benjamin Z Kedar and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 1998-03-01 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way we understand particular spaces is mediated by our perceptions of the difference between the sacred and the profane. Throughout history, different peoples have revered vastly diverse spaces as sacred for vastly diverse reasons. In Sacred Spaces, Benjamin Z. Kedar and R. J. Zwi Werblowsky have compiled a wide-ranging collection of essays exploring a broad array of ancient and contemporary holy places. The book reviews sacred spaces of the ancient religions--Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and Indian and East-Asian Religions--and discusses how these spaces have been conceptualized and experienced. Chapter topics include an investigation of the role of charismatic dreams in the creation of sacred sites in present-day Israel; an analysis of cities as cultic centers in Germany and Italy during the Middle Ages; a history of the sacred Mount Hiko in Japan; and a study of the Muslim holy cities as foci of Islamic revivalism in the eighteeth century. Sacred Spaces provides readers with original and illuminating examples of the myriad ways in which we perceive and construct sacred space.

Author : Jonathan Z. Smith
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226763617
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book To Take Place written by Jonathan Z. Smith and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this broad-ranging inquiry into ritual and its relation to place, Jonathan Z. Smith prepares the way for a new approach to the comparative study of religion. Smith stresses the importance of place—in particular, constructed ritual environments—to a proper understanding of the ways in which "empty" actions become rituals. He structures his argument around the territories of the Tjilpa aborigines in Australia and two sites in Jerusalem—the temple envisioned by Ezekiel and the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. The first of these locales—the focus of one of the more important contemporary theories of religious ritual—allows Smith to raise questions concerning the enterprise of comparison. His close examination of Eliade's influential interpretation of the Tjilpa tradition leads to a powerful critique of the approach to religion, myth, and ritual that begins with cosmology and the category of "The Sacred." In substance and in method, To Take Place represents a significant advance toward a theory of ritual. It is of great value not only to historians of religion and students of ritual, but to all, whether social scientists or humanists, who are concerned with the nature of place. "This book is extraordinarily stimulating in prompting one to think about the ways in which space, or place, is perceived, marked, and utilized religiously. . . . A provocative example of the application of humanistic geography to our understanding of what takes place in religion."—Dale Goldsmith, Interpretation

Author : Yoram Cohen
Publisher : Otto Harrassowitz Verlag
ISBN 13 : 9783447061193
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pax Hethitica written by Yoram Cohen and published by Otto Harrassowitz Verlag. This book was released on 2010 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mit Pax Hethitica erscheint die Festschrift fur Itamar Singer, langjahriger Professor an der Universitat Tel Aviv und fuhrender Hethitologe und Historiker des Alten Orients. Die Festschrift enthalt 34 Beitrage von seinen Kollegen aus der Altanatolistik und Altorientalistik vor allem zu hethitologischen, aber auch zu assyriologischen, syrischen, indogermanischen und agaischen Themen. Die vielfaltigen Beitrage entsprechen den umfassenden Forschungsinteressen des Jubilars, die weit uber die Grenzen Anatoliens und der Hethitologie hinausreichen. Mit Beitragen von: A. Altman, A. Archi, T. Bryce, B.J. Collins, L. d'Alfonso, S. de Martino, A. Dincol, B. Dincol, Y. Feder, M. Forlanini, M. Giorgieri, S. Gordin, J.D. Hawkins, V. Haas, S. Heinhold-Krahmer, H.A. Hoffner, Jr., C. Karasu, H.C. Melchert, C. Mora, N. Oettinger, I. Peled, F. Pecchioli Daddi, M. Poetto, M. Popko, A.F. Rainey, E. Rieken, D. Schwemer, O. Soysal, I. Tati'vili, P. Taracha, G. Torri, T. van den Hout, G. Wilhelm, I. Yakubovich, A. Yasur-Landau und R. Zadok

Author : D. J. WISEMAN
Publisher : British Institute at Ankara
ISBN 13 : 1912090856
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Alalakh Tablets written by D. J. WISEMAN and published by British Institute at Ankara. This book was released on 2017-10-01 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume deals with the cuneiform tablets discovered by Sir Leonard Woolley in his excavation at Atshana, as interpreted by D.J.Wiseman, Assistant Keeper in the Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities of the British Museum. The book forms an appropriate companion to No. 1 of this series, The State of Idri-mi, by Professor Sidney Smith, which was published in 1949.

Author : Joshua Prawer
Publisher : Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.27/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of the Crusaders written by Joshua Prawer and published by Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Company. This book was released on 1972 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Saint Bishop of Jerusalem Cyril
Publisher : Hassell Street Press
ISBN 13 : 9781013892554
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book St. Cyril of Jerusalem's Lectures on the Christian Sacraments written by Saint Bishop of Jerusalem Cyril and published by Hassell Street Press. This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. To ensure a quality reading experience, this work has been proofread and republished using a format that seamlessly blends the original graphical elements with text in an easy-to-read typeface. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Author : Umberto Cassuto
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Biblical and Oriental Studies: Bible and ancient Oriental texts written by Umberto Cassuto and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Richard Krautheimer
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 500 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Studies in Early Christian, Medieval, and Renaissance Art written by Richard Krautheimer and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 500 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes translations of papers originally published in German and Italian.