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Die mythische Bedeutung des Meeres in AEgypten, Ugarit und Israel (German, Hardcover, 2nd 2. Uberarb. U. Verm. Aufl. ed.): John... Die mythische Bedeutung des Meeres in AEgypten, Ugarit und Israel (German, Hardcover, 2nd 2. Uberarb. U. Verm. Aufl. ed.)
John Barton, Reinhard G Kratz, Nathan MacDonald
R3,553 Discovery Miles 35 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Die Geschichte von der Thronfolge Davids (2 Sam 9-20; 1 Koen 1-2) (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.): Stefan Seiler Die Geschichte von der Thronfolge Davids (2 Sam 9-20; 1 Koen 1-2) (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.)
Stefan Seiler
R5,128 Discovery Miles 51 280 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Dragon World (Hardcover): Tamara Macfarlane Dragon World (Hardcover)
Tamara Macfarlane; Illustrated by Alessandra Fusi
R327 R304 Discovery Miles 3 040 Save R23 (7%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Meet the fire-breathing beasts of mythology in this beautifully illustrated book brimming with scaled behemoths. Journey into the deepest depths of the oceans and the highest tips of the tallest mountains to discover the fascinating history of dragons! This illustrated picture book blends fiction and fantasy, separates fact from myth, and is the perfect introduction to the breathtaking world of dragons! Ideal for kids aged 7-9 years. Inside the pages of this captivating fantasy book for children, you'll discover fascinating dragon facts and more! - Includes 23 profiles of famous dragons - Discover maps of where dragons originated from across the continents - Explanations of the historical and cultural significance of dragons around the world - Informative spreads on the folklore surrounding dragons uncover secrets about dragon eggs, treasure, and history Soar across continents and discover the most incredible dragon myths and legends. Prowl through the pages to discover rare dragon species. Find clues on how to track them and master how to draw them. This awe-inspiring, magical book will breathe fire into the minds of little dragon-lovers everywhere! Exciting, informative text and beautiful hand-painted illustrations bring these fire-breathing beasts of mythology to life in the most spectacular way! Up-to-date retellings of classic dragon stories from Asia, Europe, Africa and North America will boost your child's imagination and keep them engaged. It's the ultimate gift for kids who are fascinated by mythical creatures and fans of Harry Potter and How to Train your Dragon.

On Roman Religion - Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome (Hardcover): Joerg Rupke On Roman Religion - Lived Religion and the Individual in Ancient Rome (Hardcover)
Joerg Rupke
R1,293 Discovery Miles 12 930 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Was religious practice in ancient Rome cultic and hostile to individual expression? Or was there, rather, considerable latitude for individual initiative and creativity? Joerg Rupke, one of the world's leading authorities on Roman religion, demonstrates in his new book that it was a lived religion with individual appropriations evident at the heart of such rituals as praying, dedicating, making vows, and reading. On Roman Religion definitively dismantles previous approaches that depicted religious practice as uniform and static. Juxtaposing very different, strategic, and even subversive forms of individuality with traditions, their normative claims, and their institutional protections, Rupke highlights the dynamic character of Rome's religious institutions and traditions. In Rupke's view, lived ancient religion is as much about variations or even outright deviance as it is about attempts and failures to establish or change rules and roles and to communicate them via priesthoods, practices related to images or classified as magic, and literary practices. Rupke analyzes observations of religious experience by contemporary authors including Propertius, Ovid, and the author of the "Shepherd of Hermas." These authors, in very different ways, reflect on individual appropriation of religion among their contemporaries, and they offer these reflections to their readership or audiences. Rupke also concentrates on the ways in which literary texts and inscriptions informed the practice of rituals.

Richterzeit und Koenigtum (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2019 ed.): Uwe Becker Richterzeit und Koenigtum (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2019 ed.)
Uwe Becker
R3,566 Discovery Miles 35 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Routledge Library Editions: Myth (Hardcover): Various Authors Routledge Library Editions: Myth (Hardcover)
Various Authors
R8,422 Discovery Miles 84 220 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Routledge Library Editions: Myth reissues four out-of-print classics that touch on various aspects of mythology. One book looks at the work of Martin Buber on myth, and another on the school of Gernet classicists. Another book studies comparative mythology and the work of Joseph Campbell, and the last book in the set looks at the role of the gods and their stories in Indo-European mythology. 1. Martin Buber on Myth S. Daniel Breslauer (1990) 2. The Methods of the Gernet Classicists: The Structuralists on Myth Roland A. Champagne (1992) 3. The Uses of Comparative Mythology Kenneth L. Golden (1992) 4. The War of the Gods Jarich G. Oosten (1985)

Der Drohende Untergang - Schoepfung in Mythos Und Ritual Im Alten Orient Und in Griechenland Am Beispiel Der Odyssee Und Des... Der Drohende Untergang - Schoepfung in Mythos Und Ritual Im Alten Orient Und in Griechenland Am Beispiel Der Odyssee Und Des Ezechielbuches (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2013 ed.)
Christoph Auffarth
R6,996 Discovery Miles 69 960 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Die Deuteronomistische Pentateuchredaktion in Exodus 3-17 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2019 ed.): Werner Fuss Die Deuteronomistische Pentateuchredaktion in Exodus 3-17 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2019 ed.)
Werner Fuss
R5,137 Discovery Miles 51 370 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Prophetie und Deuteronomium (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2010 ed.): Konstantin Zobel Prophetie und Deuteronomium (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2010 ed.)
Konstantin Zobel
R3,556 Discovery Miles 35 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Sacred Isle - Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland (Paperback, New ed): Daithi O hOgain The Sacred Isle - Belief and Religion in Pre-Christian Ireland (Paperback, New ed)
Daithi O hOgain
R591 Discovery Miles 5 910 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The first modern study of prehistoric religion in Ireland to draw on the combined evidence of archaeology, literature and folklore to illuminate practice and belief from the earliest human habitation in the island down to the advent of Christianity in the fifth century AD. An excellent book... a highly accessible and lively assessment of continuity and change in belief and religion from pre-Celtic times through to the arrival of St Patrick. ...Afine book and to be recommended to a wide readership, especially to all those who think that Irish history started in 1601. IRISH STUDIES REVIEW DAITHI O HOGAIN was Professor of Folklore at University College Dublin.

Morris Jastrow - Die Religion Babyloniens Und Assyriens. Band 1 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.): Morris Jastrow Morris Jastrow - Die Religion Babyloniens Und Assyriens. Band 1 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2014 ed.)
Morris Jastrow
R5,456 Discovery Miles 54 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Genealogy of the Pagan Gods, Volume 2 (Hardcover): Giovanni Boccaccio Genealogy of the Pagan Gods, Volume 2 (Hardcover)
Giovanni Boccaccio; Edited by Jon Solomon
R833 Discovery Miles 8 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Genealogy of the Pagan Gods by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375) is an ambitious work of humanistic scholarship whose goal is to plunder ancient and medieval literary sources so as to create a massive synthesis of Greek and Roman mythology. The work also contains a famous defense of the value of studying ancient pagan poetry in a Christian world. The complete work in fifteen books contains a meticulously organized genealogical tree identifying approximately 950 Greco-Roman mythological figures. The scope is enormous: 723 chapters include over a thousand citations from 200 Greek, Roman, medieval, and Trecento authors. Throughout the Genealogy, Boccaccio deploys an array of allegorical, historical, and philological critiques of the ancient myths and their iconography. Much more than a mere compilation of pagan myths, the Genealogy incorporates hundreds of excerpts from and comments on ancient poetry, illustrative of the new spirit of philological and cultural inquiry emerging in the early Renaissance. It is at once the most ambitious work of literary scholarship of the early Renaissance and a demonstration to contemporaries of the moral and cultural value of studying ancient poetry.

Greek Mythology - An Introduction (Paperback, New Ed): Fritz Graf Greek Mythology - An Introduction (Paperback, New Ed)
Fritz Graf
R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This revised translation of Fritz Graf's highly acclaimed introduction to Greek mythology offers a chronological account of the principal Greek myths that appear in the surviving literary and artistic sources and concurrently documents the history of interpretation of Greek mythology from the 17th century to the present. First surveying the various definitions of myth that have been advanced, Graf proceeds to examine topics such as the relationship between Greek myths and epic poetry, the connection between particular myths and shrines or holy festivals, the use of myth in Greek song and tragedy, and the uses and interpretations of myth by philosophers and allegorists.

Polynesia, 900-1600 (Paperback, New edition): Madi Williams Polynesia, 900-1600 (Paperback, New edition)
Madi Williams
R633 Discovery Miles 6 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Die Erzeltern Israels - Feministisch-Theologische Studien Zu Genesis 12-36 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2011 ed.): Irmtraud... Die Erzeltern Israels - Feministisch-Theologische Studien Zu Genesis 12-36 (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2011 ed.)
Irmtraud Fischer
R3,677 Discovery Miles 36 770 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Prophetie im Streit vor dem Untergang Judas (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2019 ed.): Christof Hardmeier Prophetie im Streit vor dem Untergang Judas (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2019 ed.)
Christof Hardmeier
R4,840 Discovery Miles 48 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Pagans and Philosophers - The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz (Hardcover): John Marenbon Pagans and Philosophers - The Problem of Paganism from Augustine to Leibniz (Hardcover)
John Marenbon
R925 Discovery Miles 9 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From the turn of the fifth century to the beginning of the eighteenth, Christian writers were fascinated and troubled by the "Problem of Paganism," which this book identifies and examines for the first time. How could the wisdom and virtue of the great thinkers of antiquity be reconciled with the fact that they were pagans and, many thought, damned? Related questions were raised by encounters with contemporary pagans in northern Europe, Mongolia, and, later, America and China. Pagans and Philosophers explores how writers--philosophers and theologians, but also poets such as Dante, Chaucer, and Langland, and travelers such as Las Casas and Ricci--tackled the Problem of Paganism. Augustine and Boethius set its terms, while Peter Abelard and John of Salisbury were important early advocates of pagan wisdom and virtue. University theologians such as Aquinas, Scotus, Ockham, and Bradwardine, and later thinkers such as Ficino, Valla, More, Bayle, and Leibniz, explored the difficulty in depth. Meanwhile, Albert the Great inspired Boethius of Dacia and others to create a relativist conception of scientific knowledge that allowed Christian teachers to remain faithful Aristotelians. At the same time, early anthropologists such as John of Piano Carpini, John Mandeville, and Montaigne developed other sorts of relativism in response to the issue. A sweeping and original account of an important but neglected chapter in Western intellectual history, Pagans and Philosophers provides a new perspective on nothing less than the entire period between the classical and the modern world.

The Qur'an and Late Antiquity - A Shared Heritage (Hardcover): Angelika Neuwirth The Qur'an and Late Antiquity - A Shared Heritage (Hardcover)
Angelika Neuwirth
R2,541 Discovery Miles 25 410 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this book, Angelika Neuwirth provides a new approach to understanding the founding text of Islam. Typical exegesis of the Qur'an treats the text teleologically, as a fait accompli finished text, or as a replica or summary of the Bible in Arabic. Instead Neuwirth approaches the Qur'an as the product of a specific community in the Late Antique Arabian peninsula, one which was exposed to the wider worlds of the Byzantine and Sasanian empires, and to the rich intellectual traditions of rabbinic Judaism, early Christianity, and Gnosticism. A central goal of the book is to eliminate the notion of the Qur'an as being a-historical. She argues that it is, in fact, highly aware of its place in late antiquity and is capable of yielding valuable historical information. By emphasizing the liturgical function of the Qur'an, Neuwirth allows readers to see the text as an evolving oral tradition within the community before it became collected and codified as a book. This analysis sheds much needed light on the development of the Qur'an's historical, theological, and political outlook. The book's final chapters analyze the relationship of the Qur'an to the Bible, to Arabic poetic traditions, and, more generally, to late antique culture and rhetorical forms. By providing a new introduction to the Qur'an, one that uniquely challenges current ideas about its emergence and development, The Qur'an and Late Antiquity bridges the gap between Eastern and Western approaches to this sacred text.

The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback): Eric H. Cline The Trojan War: A Very Short Introduction (Paperback)
Eric H. Cline
R297 R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Save R29 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Homer's tale of the abduction of Helen to Troy and the ten-year war to bring her back to Greece has fascinated mankind for centuries since he related it in The Iliad and The Odyssey. More recently, it has given rise to countless scholarly articles and books, extensive archaeological excavations, epic movies, television documentaries, stage plays, art and sculpture, even souvenirs and collectibles. However, while the ancients themselves thought that the Trojan War took place and was a pivotal event in world history, scholars during the Middle Ages and into the modern era derided it as a piece of fiction. This book investigates two major questions: did the Trojan War take place and, if so, where? It ultimately demonstrates that a war or wars in the vicinity of Troy probably did take place in some way, shape, or form during the Late Bronze Age, thereby forming the nucleus of the story that was handed down orally for centuries until put into essentially final form by Homer. However, Cline suggests that although a Trojan War (or wars) probably did take place, it was not fought because of Helen's abduction; there were far more compelling economic and political motives for conflict more than 3,000 years ago. Aside from Homer, the book examines various classical literary sources: the Epic Cycle, a saga found at the Hittite capital of Hattusas, treatments of the story by the playwrights of classical Greece, and alternative versions or continuations of the saga such as Virgil's Aeneid, which add detail but frequently contradict the original story. Cline also surveys archaeological attempts to document the Trojan War through excavations at Hissarlik, Turkey, especially the work of Heinrich Schliemann and his successors Wilhelm Doerpfeld, Carl Blegen, and Manfred Korfmann. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.

Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt (Paperback, Revised): James H. Breasted Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt (Paperback, Revised)
James H. Breasted; Introduction by John A. Wilson
R906 Discovery Miles 9 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

James H. Breasted (1865-1935) was the foremost influence in introducing Americans to the culture of ancient Egypt. He founded the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago and was the author of History of Egypt and Ancient Times: A History of the Early World, among other works.

Pharaoh's Land and Beyond - Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors (Paperback): Pearce Paul Creasman, Richard H. Wilkinson Pharaoh's Land and Beyond - Ancient Egypt and Its Neighbors (Paperback)
Pearce Paul Creasman, Richard H. Wilkinson
R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The concept of pharaonic Egypt as a unified, homogeneous, and isolated cultural entity is misleading. Ancient Egypt was a rich tapestry of social, religious, technological, and economic interconnections among numerous cultures from disparate lands. In fifteen chapters divided into five thematic groups, Pharaoh's Land and Beyond uniquely examines Egypt's relationship with its wider world. The first section details the geographical contexts of interconnections by examining ancient Egyptian exploration, maritime routes, and overland passages. In the next section, chapters address the human principals of association: peoples, with the attendant difficulties of differentiating ethnic identities from the record; diplomatic actors, with their complex balances and presentations of power; and the military, with its evolving role in pharaonic expansion. Natural events, from droughts and floods to illness and epidemics, also played significant roles in this ancient world, as examined in the third section. The final two sections explore the physical manifestations of interconnections between pharaonic Egypt and its neighbors, first in the form of material objects and second, in the powerful exchange of ideas. Whether through diffusion and borrowing of knowledge and technology, through the flow of words by script and literature, or through exchanges in the religious sphere, the pharaonic Egypt that we know today was constantly changing-and changing the cultures around it. This illustrious work represents the first synthesis of these cultural relationships, unbounded by time, geography, or mode.

Strukturen und Figuren im Kult von Jerusalem (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.): Fritz Stolz Strukturen und Figuren im Kult von Jerusalem (German, Hardcover, Reprint 2012 ed.)
Fritz Stolz
R3,553 Discovery Miles 35 530 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae - Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology (Paperback): Stephen M. Trzaskoma,... Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae - Two Handbooks of Greek Mythology (Paperback)
Stephen M. Trzaskoma, R.Scott Smith
R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae --the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography--this volume enables readers to compare the two's versions of the most important Greek and Roman myths. A General Introduction sets the Library and Fabulae into the wider context of ancient mythography; introductions to each text discuss in greater detail issues of authorship, aim, and influence. A general index, an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers are also included.

Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology - Myth and Environment in Early Iceland (Hardcover, New edition): Mathias Nordvig Volcanoes in Old Norse Mythology - Myth and Environment in Early Iceland (Hardcover, New edition)
Mathias Nordvig
R3,447 Discovery Miles 34 470 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
John Miles Foley's World of Oralities - Text, Tradition, and Contemporary Oral Theory (Paperback, New edition): Mark C.... John Miles Foley's World of Oralities - Text, Tradition, and Contemporary Oral Theory (Paperback, New edition)
Mark C. Amodio
R3,847 R1,078 Discovery Miles 10 780 Save R2,769 (72%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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