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