Robert A Segal

Religion of the Semites

The Fundamental Institutions

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Produktbeschreibung

Scottish Semiticist and Arabist William Robertson Smith was a celebrated biblical critic, theorist of religion, and theorist of myth

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 558
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 907g
• ISBN-13: 9781138531789
• ISBN-10: 1138531782
• Artikelnr.: 50495960

Autorenporträt

William Smith

Inhaltsangabe

I: Introduction: The Subject and the Method of Enquiry
II: The Nature of the Religious Community, and the Relation of the Gods to Their Worshippers
III: The Relations of the Gods to Natural Things-Holy Places-The Jinn
IV: Holy Places in Theib Relation to Man
V: Sanctuaries, Natural and Artificial. - Holy Waters, Trees, Caves, and Stones
VI: Sacrifice-Preliminary Survey
VII: First-Fruits, Tithes, and Sacrificial Meals
VIII: The Original Significance of Animal Sacrifice
IX: The Sacramental Efficacy of Animal Sacrifice, and Cognate Acts of Ritual - The Blood Covenant-Blood and Hair Offerings
X: The Development of Sacrificial Ritual-Fire-Sacrifices and Piacula
XI: Sacrificial Gifts and Piacular Sacrifices-The Special Ideas Involved in the Latter