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The Book of Kelle - An Introduction to Goddess-Worship and the Great Celtic Mother-Goddess Kelle (Hardcover): Lochlainn Seabrook The Book of Kelle - An Introduction to Goddess-Worship and the Great Celtic Mother-Goddess Kelle (Hardcover)
Lochlainn Seabrook
R759 Discovery Miles 7 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Bishops in Flight (Hardcover): Jennifer Barry Bishops in Flight (Hardcover)
Jennifer Barry
R1,192 Discovery Miles 11 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Establishing Value - Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia (Hardcover): Vitali Bartash Establishing Value - Weight Measures in Early Mesopotamia (Hardcover)
Vitali Bartash
R3,382 Discovery Miles 33 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book explores the reasons for which weights and scales were used to measure goods in Early Mesopotamia (ca. 3,200-2,000 BCE). The vast corpus of cuneiform records from this period sheds light on the various mechanisms behind the development of this cultural innovation. Weighing became the means of articulating the value of both imported and locally-produced goods within a socioeconomic system that had reached an unprecedented level of complexity. This study provides a comprehensive analysis of this cultural and economic phenomenon, which simultaneously reflected and shaped the relationships between individuals and groups in Mesopotamia throughout the third millennium BCE.

Egyptian Religion (Routledge Revivals) - Egyptian Ideas of The Future Life (Hardcover): E.A. Budge Egyptian Religion (Routledge Revivals) - Egyptian Ideas of The Future Life (Hardcover)
E.A. Budge
R5,526 Discovery Miles 55 260 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Sir E. A. Wallis Budge (1857-1934) was Keeper of the British Museum's department of oriental antiquities from 1894 until his retirement in 1924. Carrying out many missions to Egypt in search of ancient objects, Budge was hugely successful in collecting papyri, statues and other artefacts for the trustees of the British Museum: numbering into the thousands and of great cultural and historical significance. Budge published well over 100 monographs, which shaped the development of future scholarship and are still of great academic value today, dealing with subjects such as Egyptian religion, history and literature. First published in 1899 as part of the Egypt and Chaldaea series, Egyptian Religion explores the principal ideas and beliefs held by the ancient Egyptians with regard to the doctrine of the resurrection and the future life. Although no systematic account dealing solely with this doctrine has been discovered, the Book of the Dead and various other religious texts from which this work is derived reflect ancient Egyptian beliefs, ideals and superstitions. Wallis Budge explores the Gods of the Egyptians and the themes of resurrection and immorality in a classic work, of great significance to students and scholars with an interest in ancient Egyptian and Middle Eastern history and religion.

Aztec Goddesses and Christian Madonnas - Images of the Divine Feminine in Mexico (Paperback, New Ed): Joseph Kroger, Patrizia... Aztec Goddesses and Christian Madonnas - Images of the Divine Feminine in Mexico (Paperback, New Ed)
Joseph Kroger, Patrizia Granziera
R1,525 Discovery Miles 15 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The face of the divine feminine can be found everywhere in Mexico. One of the most striking features of Mexican religious life is the prevalence of images of the Virgin Mother of God. This is partly because the divine feminine played such a prominent role in pre-Hispanic Mexican religion. Goddess images were central to the devotional life of the Aztecs, especially peasants and those living in villages outside the central city of Tenochtitlan (present day Mexico City). In these rural communities fertility and fecundity, more than war rituals and sacrificial tribute, were the main focus of cultic activity. Both Aztec goddesses and the Christian Madonnas who replaced them were associated, and sometimes identified, with nature and the environment: the earth, water, trees and other sources of creativity and vitality. This book uncovers the myths and images of 22 Aztec Goddesses and 28 Christian Madonnas of Mexico. Their rich and symbolic meaning is revealed by placing them in the context of the religious worldviews in which they appear and by situating them within the devotional life of the faithful for whom they function as powerful mediators of divine grace and terror.

Egypt of the Saite Pharaohs, 664-525 Bc (Paperback): Roger Forshaw Egypt of the Saite Pharaohs, 664-525 Bc (Paperback)
Roger Forshaw
R800 Discovery Miles 8 000 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

In the 660s BC Egypt was a politically fragmented and occupied country. However, this was to change when a family of local rulers from the city of Sais declared independence from the Assyrian Empire, and in a few short years succeeded in bringing about the reunification of Egypt. The Saites established central government, reformed the economy and promoted trade. The country became prosperous, achieving a pre-eminent role in the Mediterranean world. Egypt of the Saite pharaohs is the first monograph devoted entirely to a detailed exploration of the Saite Dynasty. It reveals the dynamic nature of the period, the astuteness of the Saite rulers and their considerable achievements in the political, economic, administrative and cultural spheres. It will appeal not only to students of Egyptology but also, because of the interactions of the Saite Dynasty with the Aegean and Mesopotamia worlds, to anyone interested in ancient history. -- .

The Ark of the Covenant in Its Egyptian Context - An Illustrated Journey (Hardcover): David Falk The Ark of the Covenant in Its Egyptian Context - An Illustrated Journey (Hardcover)
David Falk
R1,019 R880 Discovery Miles 8 800 Save R139 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Norse Mythology - A Complete Guide to Norse Mythology, Norse Gods, and Nordic Folklore (Hardcover): Andrew Walsh Norse Mythology - A Complete Guide to Norse Mythology, Norse Gods, and Nordic Folklore (Hardcover)
Andrew Walsh
R618 R561 Discovery Miles 5 610 Save R57 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Ubiquitous Siva - Somananda's Sivadrsti and His Tantric Interlocutors (Hardcover, New): John Nemec The Ubiquitous Siva - Somananda's Sivadrsti and His Tantric Interlocutors (Hardcover, New)
John Nemec
R2,049 Discovery Miles 20 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

John Nemec examines the beginnings of the non-dual tantric philosophy of the famed Pratyabhijna or "Recognition of God]" School of tenth-century Kashmir, the tradition most closely associated with Kashmiri Shaivism. In doing so it offers, for the very first time, a critical edition and annotated translation of a large portion of the first Pratyabhijna text ever composed, the Sivadrsti of Somananda. In an extended introduction, Nemec argues that the author presents a unique form of non-dualism, a strict pantheism that declares all beings and entities found in the universe to be fully identical with the active and willful god Siva. This view stands in contrast to the philosophically more flexible panentheism of both his disciple and commentator, Utpaladeva, and the very few other Saiva tantric works that were extant in the author's day. Nemec also argues that the text was written for the author's fellow tantric initiates, not for a wider audience. This can be adduced from the structure of the work, the opponents the author addresses, and various other editorial strategies. Even the author's famous and vociferous arguments against the non-tantric Hindu grammarians may be shown to have been ultimately directed at an opposing Hindu tantric school that subscribed to many of the grammarians' philosophical views. Included in the volume is a critical edition and annotated translation of the first three (of seven) chapters of the text, along with the corresponding chapters of the commentary. These are the chapters in which Somananda formulates his arguments against opposing tantric authors and schools of thought. None of the materials made available in the present volume has ever been translated into English, apart from a brief rendering of the first chapter that was published without the commentary in 1957. None of the commentary has previously been translated into any language at all."

Rank and Religion in Tikopia (Routledge Revivals) - A Study in Polynesian Paganism and Conversion to Christianity. (Hardcover):... Rank and Religion in Tikopia (Routledge Revivals) - A Study in Polynesian Paganism and Conversion to Christianity. (Hardcover)
Raymond Firth
R5,559 Discovery Miles 55 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Originally published in 1970, this book represents a unique study of beliefs and ritual practices in a pagan religion, and of the processes by which a transformation to Christianity took place. Christianity came to the major islands of Polynesia nearly two centuries ago, and within a couple of generations, the traditional pagan religion had disappeared. Only a few remote islands such as Tikopia preserved their ancient cults. Over eighty years ago, the author first observed and took part in these pagan rites, and on later visits he studied the change from paganism to Christian faith. Unique in its rich documentation, this book presents a systematic account of the traditional beliefs in gods and spirits and of the way in which these were fused with the social and political structure. The causes and dramatic results of the conversion to Christianity are then described, ending with an examination of the religious situation at the time of the book's original publication. The book is both a contribution to anthropology and a case study in religious history. It completes the major series of studies of Tikopia society for which the author is famous. It gives the first full account of a Polynesian religious system in a state of change.

Brigid'S Light - Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess (Paperback): Judika Illes Brigid'S Light - Tending the Ancestral Flame of the Beloved Celtic Goddess (Paperback)
Judika Illes; Edited by Cairelle Crow, Laura Louella
R498 R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Save R31 (6%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Uisneach or the Center of Ireland (Paperback): Frederic Armao Uisneach or the Center of Ireland (Paperback)
Frederic Armao
R1,247 Discovery Miles 12 470 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

The hill of Uisneach lies almost exactly at the geographical center of Ireland. Remarkably, a fraction at least of the ancient Irish population was aware of that fact. There is no doubt that the place of Uisneach in Irish mythology, and more broadly speaking the Celtic world, was of utmost importance: Uisneach was - and probably still is - best defined as a sacred hill at the center of Ireland, possibly the sacred hill of the center of Ireland. Uisneach or the Center of Ireland explores the medieval documents connected with the hill and compares them with both archeological data and modern Irish folklore. In the early 21st century, a Fire Festival started being held on Uisneach in connection with the festival of Bealtaine, in early May, arguably in an attempt to echo more ancient traditions: the celebration was attended by Michael D. Higgins, the current president of Ireland, who lit the fire of Uisneach on 6 May 2017. This book argues that the symbolic significance of the hill has echoed the evolution of Irish society through time, be it in political, spiritual and religious terms or, perhaps more accurately, in terms of identity and Irishness. It is relevant for scholars and advanced students in the fields of cultural history, Irish history and cultural studies.

Goddess and the Warrior - The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in Early Greek Religion (Paperback): Nanno Marinatos Goddess and the Warrior - The Naked Goddess and Mistress of the Animals in Early Greek Religion (Paperback)
Nanno Marinatos
R1,787 Discovery Miles 17 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A stimulating, provocative and lavishly illustrated analysis of the role of the naked goddess and the mistress of the animals within Greek religion. This book explores the power of naked females in the art of the Levant and Greece.

Collective Memory and Collective Identity - Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History in Their Context (Hardcover): Johannes... Collective Memory and Collective Identity - Deuteronomy and the Deuteronomistic History in Their Context (Hardcover)
Johannes Un-Sok Ro, Diana Edelman
R3,232 Discovery Miles 32 320 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Collective memory" has attracted the attention and discussion of scholars internationally across academic disciplines over the past 40 50 years in particular. It and "collective identity" have become important issues within Hebrew Bible/Old Testament studies; the role collective memory plays in shaping collective identity links the two organically. Research to date on memory within biblical studies broadly falls under four approaches: 1) lexical studies; 2) discussions of biblical historiography in which memory is considered a contributing element; 3) topical explorations for which memory is an organizing concept; and 4) memory and transmission studies. The sixteen contributors to this volume provide detailed investigations of the contours of collective memory and collective identity that have crystallized in Martin Noth's "Deuteronomistic History" (Deut-2 Kgs). Together, they yield diverse profiles of collective memory and collective identity that draw comparatively on biblical, ancient Near eastern, and classical Greek material, employing one of more of the four common approaches. This is the first volume devoted to applying memory studies to the "Deuteronomistic History."

Pandora (Paperback): Susan Stokes-Chapman Pandora (Paperback)
Susan Stokes-Chapman
R245 R226 Discovery Miles 2 260 Save R19 (8%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

Some doors are kept locked for a reason...

London, 1799. Dora Blake lives with her uncle in what used to be her parents' famed shop of antiquities.

When a mysterious Greek vase is delivered, Dora is intrigued by her uncle's suspicious behaviour and enlists the help of Edward Lawrence, a young antiquarian scholar. For Edward, the ancient vase is the key to unlocking his professional future. For Dora, it's a chance to restore the shop to its former glory, and to escape her nefarious uncle.

But what Edward discovers about the vase has Dora questioning everything she has believed about her life, her family, and the world as she knows it...

The Gentile nations (Hardcover): George Smith The Gentile nations (Hardcover)
George Smith
R1,306 Discovery Miles 13 060 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover, Reprint ed.): E. A. Wallis Budge From Fetish to God in Ancient Egypt (Hardcover, Reprint ed.)
E. A. Wallis Budge
R999 Discovery Miles 9 990 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
God - An Anatomy - As heard on Radio 4 (Hardcover): Francesca Stavrakopoulou God - An Anatomy - As heard on Radio 4 (Hardcover)
Francesca Stavrakopoulou
R789 R684 Discovery Miles 6 840 Save R105 (13%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Winner of The PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022 Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize 2022 A The Times Books of the Year 2022 Three thousand years ago, in the Southwest Asian lands we now call Israel and Palestine, a group of people worshipped a complex pantheon of deities, led by a father god called El. El had seventy children, who were gods in their own right. One of them was a minor storm deity, known as Yahweh. Yahweh had a body, a wife, offspring and colleagues. He fought monsters and mortals. He gorged on food and wine, wrote books, and took walks and naps. But he would become something far larger and far more abstract: the God of the great monotheistic religions. But as Professor Francesca Stavrakopoulou reveals, God's cultural DNA stretches back centuries before the Bible was written, and persists in the tics and twitches of our own society, whether we are believers or not. The Bible has shaped our ideas about God and religion, but also our cultural preferences about human existence and experience; our concept of life and death; our attitude to sex and gender; our habits of eating and drinking; our understanding of history. Examining God's body, from his head to his hands, feet and genitals, she shows how the Western idea of God developed. She explores the places and artefacts that shaped our view of this singular God and the ancient religions and societies of the biblical world. And in doing so she analyses not only the origins of our oldest monotheistic religions, but also the origins of Western culture. Beautifully written, passionately argued and frequently controversial, God: An Anatomy is cultural history on a grand scale. 'Rivetingly fresh and stunning' - Sunday Times 'One of the most remarkable historians and communicators working today' - Dan Snow

The Egyptian Myths - A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends (Hardcover): Garry, J. Shaw The Egyptian Myths - A Guide to the Ancient Gods and Legends (Hardcover)
Garry, J. Shaw 1
R462 R406 Discovery Miles 4 060 Save R56 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This handy guide to Egyptian mythology explores how the ancient Nile-dwellers explained the world around them. It delves into the origins of life, the creation and evolution of the world, and the reigns of the gods on earth, before introducing us to the manifestations of Egypt's deities in the natural environment; the inventive ways in which the Egyptians dealt with the invisible forces all around them; and the trials and tribulations of the life hereafter. This is the perfect introduction for modern readers to the mysteries of Egyptian mythology.

Two Romes - Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity (Hardcover): Lucy Grig, Gavin Kelly Two Romes - Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity (Hardcover)
Lucy Grig, Gavin Kelly
R3,500 Discovery Miles 35 000 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The city of Constantinople was named New Rome or Second Rome very soon after its foundation in AD 324; over the next two hundred years it replaced the original Rome as the greatest city of the Mediterranean. In this unified essay collection, prominent international scholars examine the changing roles and perceptions of Rome and Constantinople in Late Antiquity from a range of different disciplines and scholarly perspectives. The seventeen chapters cover both the comparative development and the shifting status of the two cities. Developments in politics and urbanism are considered, along with the cities' changing relationships with imperial power, the church, and each other, and their evolving representations in both texts and images. These studies present important revisionist arguments and new interpretations of significant texts and events. This comparative perspective allows the neglected subject of the relationship between the two Romes to come into focus while avoiding the teleological distortions common in much past scholarship.
An introductory section sets the cities, and their comparative development, in context. Part Two looks at topography, and includes the first English translation of the Notitia of Constantinople. The following section deals with politics proper, considering the role of emperors in the two Romes and how rulers interacted with their cities. Part Four then considers the cities through the prism of literature, in particular through the distinctively late antique genre of panegyric. The fifth group of essays considers a crucial aspect shared by the two cities: their role as Christian capitals. Lastly, a provocative epilogue looks at the enduring Roman identity of the post-Heraclian Byzantine state. Thus, Two Romes not only illuminates the study of both cities but also enriches our understanding of the late Roman world in its entirety.

Place of Repose - St Cuthbert's Last Journey (Paperback): Katharine Tiernan Place of Repose - St Cuthbert's Last Journey (Paperback)
Katharine Tiernan
R370 Discovery Miles 3 700 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Ancient Greek Cults - A Guide (Paperback): Jennifer Larson Ancient Greek Cults - A Guide (Paperback)
Jennifer Larson
R1,807 Discovery Miles 18 070 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Using archaeological, epigraphic, and literary sources; and incorporating current scholarly theories, this volume will serve as an excellent companion to any introduction to Greek mythology, showing a side of the Greek gods to which most students are rarely exposed. Detailed enough to be used as a quick reference tool or text, and providing a readable account focusing on the oldest, most widespread, and most interesting religious practices of the ancient Greek world in the Archaic and Classical periods, Ancient Greek Cults surveys ancient Greek religion through the cults of its gods and goddesses, heroes and heroines. Jennifer Larson conveniently summarizes a vast amount of material in many languages, normally inaccessible to undergrad students, and explores, in detail, the variety of cults celebrated by the Greeks, how these cults differed geographically, and how each deity was conceptualized in local cult titles and rituals. Including an introductory chapter on sources and methods, and suggestions for further reading this book will allow readers to gain a fresh perspective on Greek religion.

Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions - The Haskell Lectures delivered at Oberlin College in 1913, and since revised and enlarged... Hebrew and Babylonian Traditions - The Haskell Lectures delivered at Oberlin College in 1913, and since revised and enlarged (Hardcover)
Morris Jastrow
R3,690 Discovery Miles 36 900 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In this formidable study, Jastrow compares several aspects of the religious life of the Israelites and ancient Babylonias by comparison of their written texts. Among the topics examined are the creation and flood accounts, the concept of the Sabbath, and the ethics of both cultures.

The Living Ancestors - Shamanism, Cosmos and Cultural Change among the Yanomami of the Upper Orinoco (Hardcover): Zeljko Jokic The Living Ancestors - Shamanism, Cosmos and Cultural Change among the Yanomami of the Upper Orinoco (Hardcover)
Zeljko Jokic
R3,024 Discovery Miles 30 240 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This phenomenologically oriented ethnography focuses on experiential aspects of Yanomami shamanism, including shamanistic activities in the context of cultural change. The author interweaves ethnographic material with theoretical components of a holographic principle, or the idea that the "part is equal to the whole," which is embedded in the nature of the Yanomami macrocosm, human dwelling, multiple-soul components, and shamans' relationships with embodied spirit-helpers. This book fills an important gap in the regional study of Yanomami people, and, on a broader scale, enriches understanding of this ancient phenomenon by focusing on the consciousness involved in shamanism through firsthand experiential involvement.

Deuteronomy in the Making - Studies in the Production of Debarim (Hardcover): Diana Edelman, Kare Berge, Philippe Guillaume,... Deuteronomy in the Making - Studies in the Production of Debarim (Hardcover)
Diana Edelman, Kare Berge, Philippe Guillaume, Benedetta Rossi
R3,691 Discovery Miles 36 910 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A number of long-standing theories concerning the production of Deuteronomy are currently being revisited. This volume takes a fresh look at the theory that there was an independent legal collection comprising chs 12-26 that subsequently was set within one or two narrative frames to yield the book, with ongoing redactional changes. Each contributor has been asked to focus on how the "core" might have functioned as a stand-alone document or, if exploring a theme or motif, to take note of commonalities and differences within the "core" and "frames" that might shed light on the theory under review. Some of the articles also revisit the theory of a northern origin of the "core" of the book, while others challenge de Wette's equation of Deuteronomy with the scroll found during temple repairs under Josiah. With Deuteronomic studies in a state of flux, this is a timely collection by a group of international scholars who use a range of methods and who, in varying degrees, work with or challenge older theories about the book's origin and growth to approach the central focus from many angles. Readers will find multivalent evidence they can reflect over to decide where they stand on the issue of Deuteronomy as a framed legal "core."

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