Space and Time in the Religious Life of the Near East
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Space and Time in the Religious Life of the Near East

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Space and Time in the Religious Life of the Near East

About this book

Space and time are basic features of the world-view, even the theology, of many religions, ancient and modern. How did the world begin, and how will it end? What is the importance of religious architecture in symbolizing sacred space? Where and how do we locate the self? The divine world? Wyatt's textbook treats ancient Near Eastern religions from a perspective that allows us to access how religion shapes and orders the world of human thought and experience. The book is designed especially for classroom use, each chapter provided with suggested reading, copious quotations from ancient texts and summaries. The subject matter is treated by topic, not according to individal religions, so that the reader understands the essential points of similarity and difference between religious systems and how they model their universe.

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Information

Publisher
Sheffield Academic Press
Year
2001
Print ISBN
9781841272887
Edition
1
eBook ISBN
9780567049421
Topic
History
Subtopic
World History
Index
History
41
Space
and
Time
in 
the
Religious
Life
of
the
Ancient
Near
East
TABLES
OF 
THE
VOCABULARY
OF
ORIENTATION
§1(1)
Ugaritic
TERM
MEANING
i)
Homuncular/
Religious
EAST
WEST
NORTH
SOUTH
qdm
ahr
'face',
'in
front'
'behind'
ii)
Cosmological/Solar
EAST
WEST
NORTH
SOUTH
sat
c
rb
(
sbd)
Smal
ymn
'coming
out'
'going
in'
('joining'?)
'left'
'right'
iii)
Topographic/economic
EAST
WEST
NORTH
SOUTH
(cf.
spn)
Orientation
and 
the
Location
of
the
Self
43
§1(2)
Hebrew
TERM
MEANING
1)
Homuncular/
Religious
EAST
WEST
NORTH
SOUTH
qedem
qadmom
'
ahar,
'ah
a
ron
s
e
mol
ydmin,
temdn
'face'
'in
front'
'behind'
'left'
'right'
ii)
Cosmological/Solar
EAST
WEST
NORTH
SOUTH
mi
z
rah
mosd'
ma
ca
rdb
ma
bo'
'shining'
'coming
out'
'going
in',
'coming
in'
iii)
Topographic/economic
EAST
WEST
NORTH
SOUTH
yam
sap
on
negeb
ddrom
'sea'
(cf.
Ugaritic
spri)
'sahel'
(original
sense 
unclear)

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. CONTENTS
  3. PREFACE
  4. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  5. ABBREVIATIONS
  6. INTRODUCTION
  7. Chapter 1 ORIENTATION AND THE LOCATION OF THE SELF
  8. Chapter 2 MYTHIC SHAPINGS OF THE WORLD
  9. Chapter 3 SPACE, TIME AND WATER I: WATER AND THE BEGINNING OF THE WORLD
  10. Chapter 4 SPACE, TIME AND WATER II: WATER AND THE END OF THE WORLD
  11. Chapter 5 THE MOUNTAIN AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD
  12. Chapter 6 THE TEMPLE AT THE CENTRE OF THE WORLD
  13. Chapter 7 BOUNDARIES AND HOW TO CROSS THEM: ASPECTS OF THE CULT
  14. Chapter 8 MYTH AND THE PAST
  15. Chapter 9 MYTH AND THE FUTURE
  16. Chapter 10 RITUAL AND THE PAST
  17. Chapter 11 RITUAL AND THE FUTURE
  18. Chapter 12 MYTH, HISTORY, AND THE FLOW OF TIME
  19. EPILOGUE
  20. Figures
  21. References and Selected Reading
  22. Indices

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