This English translation of Giorgio Buccellati's ambitious work offers readers an insightful discussion of ancient Mesopotamian religion and spirituality in its relationship to the biblical ethos. Suitable for students and scholars of Near Eastern archaeology and history, biblical studies, and the history of religion.
This English translation of Giorgio Buccellati's ambitious work offers readers an insightful discussion of ancient Mesopotamian religion and spirituality in its relationship to the biblical ethos. Suitable for students and scholars of Near Eastern archaeology and history, biblical studies, and the history of religion.
Giorgio Buccellati is Research Professor in the Cotsen Institute of Archaeology at UCLA and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures and in the Department of History at UCLA. He founded the Institute of Archaeology at UCLA, of which he served as first director from 1973 until 1983 and is now Director of the Mesopotamian Lab. He is currently Director of IIMAS - the International Institute for Mesopotamian Area Studies and of AVASA - Associazione per la Valorizzazione dell'Archeologia e della Storia Antica.
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Introduction 1. Religion and spirituality 2. Mesopotamia and the Bible PART 1: The divine element 3. The concept of the divine 4. The encounter with the divine 5. Structure of the divine 6. Diachronic developments PART 2: The human element in his relationship with the divine 7. The "affecting presence" SECTION ONE: The individual A. The divine manifestation at the individual level 8. Morality 9. Divination 10. Prophetism 11. Apparitions B. The search for the divine at an individual level 12. Meditation 13. Magic and rituals for the individual 14. Individual prayer 15. Materializations SECTION TWO. The community A. The divine manifestation at the community level 16. Politics 17. Narrative 18. Representations 19. History B. The search for the divine at the community level 20. The temple 21. Proclamation 22. Worship 23. The ruin of the sacred Conclusion 24. Them and us 25. Fatigue and catharsis 26. Afterword.
Introduction 1. Religion and spirituality 2. Mesopotamia and the Bible PART 1: The divine element 3. The concept of the divine 4. The encounter with the divine 5. Structure of the divine 6. Diachronic developments PART 2: The human element in his relationship with the divine 7. The "affecting presence" SECTION ONE: The individual A. The divine manifestation at the individual level 8. Morality 9. Divination 10. Prophetism 11. Apparitions B. The search for the divine at an individual level 12. Meditation 13. Magic and rituals for the individual 14. Individual prayer 15. Materializations SECTION TWO. The community A. The divine manifestation at the community level 16. Politics 17. Narrative 18. Representations 19. History B. The search for the divine at the community level 20. The temple 21. Proclamation 22. Worship 23. The ruin of the sacred Conclusion 24. Them and us 25. Fatigue and catharsis 26. Afterword.
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