Ancient Cosmologies

Herausgeber: Blacker, Carmen; Loewe, Michael

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In Ancient Cosmologies (1975) nine eminent scholars seek to answer the question, what was the shape of the universe to the ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Jews, Indians, Chinese, Arabs, Greeks and Norsemen? How did they see the visible heavens as well as the other hidden worlds of the dead, gods and demons?

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Routledge
• Seitenzahl: 284
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. August 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 581g
• ISBN-13: 9781032766294
• ISBN-10: 1032766298
• Artikelnr.: 71257097

Autorenporträt

Carmen Blacker and Michael Loewe

Inhaltsangabe

1. The Cosmology of Ancient Egypt J.M. Plumley 2. The Cosmology of Sumer
and Babylon W.G. Lambert 3. Jewish Cosmology Rabbi Louis Jacobs 4. The
Cosmology of Early China Joseph Needham 5. Ancient Indian Cosmology R.F.
Gombrich 6. Islamic Cosmology Edith Jachimowicz 7. Scandinavian Cosmology
H.R. Ellis Davidson 8. Greek Cosmologies G.E.R. Lloyd 9. The European
Heritage Philip Grierson