Economy Of Religions In Anatolia And Northern Syria

Author : Manfred Hutter,Sylvia Hutter-Braunsar
Publisher : Ugarit-Verlag
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783868353150

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Economy of Religions in Anatolia and Northern Syria by Manfred Hutter,Sylvia Hutter-Braunsar Pdf

"Religions" are always costly - one has to give offerings (with material value) to the gods, one has to provide the salary for religious specialists who offer their service for their clients, one has to arrange festivals and liturgies - and of course, one has to provide the material means for building temples or shrines. But these costs also repay - as the gods give health or well-being as reward for the offerings. Even if one can never be absolutely certain about such a reward, one at least might earn social reputation because of one's (financial) involvement in religion. But temples are also economic centres - "employing" (often in close relation to the palace) people as workers, craftsmen or "intellectuals" in different positions whose "costs of living" are supplied by the temple. Individual religious specialists receive payment for their service to cover their own costs of living. Although this might sound "modern", religion and economy were intertwined with each other in ancient society also. For this reason, the papers of this conference volume analyse and discuss how the cults, rituals and institutions in Anatolia in the 2nd and 1st millennium contribute to the economic process in those areas.

Author : Livio Warbinek,Federico Giusfred
Publisher : Firenze University Press
Page : 196 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9791221501087

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Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria by Livio Warbinek,Federico Giusfred Pdf

The topic of the Anatolian panthea in the Bronze Age deals with Hattian, Hittite, Palaean, Luwian and Hurrian gods who have been worshiped in the Kingdom of Ḫatti. In such a context, along with trying to keep a balanced and methodologically-aware approach in our original research, we realized that a multi-authored work such as the present volume, with papers written by some of the major experts of Anatolian religious history, would represent an invaluable contribution to the advancement of a complex and vast field. This collection of essays is the result of the workshop Theonyms, Panthea and Syncretisms in Hittite Anatolia and Northern Syria, held at the University of Verona on 25th and 26th March 2022. Colleagues with different areas of expertise pertaining to the topic of Anatolian religions contributed to an extremely successful event.

Author : Azar Gat
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 839 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199236633

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War in Human Civilization by Azar Gat Pdf

In this truly global study, Azar Gat sets out to unravel the 'riddle of war' throughout human history, from the early hunter-gatherers right through to the unconventional terrorism of the twenty-first century.

Author : Christine Isom-Verhaaren,Kent F. Schull
Publisher : Indiana University Press
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2016-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780253019486

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Living in the Ottoman Realm by Christine Isom-Verhaaren,Kent F. Schull Pdf

Living in the Ottoman Realm brings the Ottoman Empire to life in all of its ethnic, religious, linguistic, and geographic diversity. The contributors explore the development and transformation of identity over the long span of the empire's existence. They offer engaging accounts of individuals, groups, and communities by drawing on a rich array of primary sources, some available in English translation for the first time. These materials are examined with new methodological approaches to gain a deeper understanding of what it meant to be Ottoman. Designed for use as a course text, each chapter includes study questions and suggestions for further reading.

Author : Marc Van De Mieroop
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781444332209

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The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II by Marc Van De Mieroop Pdf

The Eastern Mediterranean in the Age of Ramesses II offers a transnational perspective on the age of King Ramesses II of Egypt during the centuries of 1500 to 1200 BC. Shows how powerful states - stretching from western Iran to Greece and from Turkey to Sudan - jointly shaped the history, society, and culture of this region through both peaceful and military means Offers a straightforward narrative, current research, and rich illustrations Utilizes historical data from ancient Egyptians, Babylonians, Hittites, Mycenaeans, Canaanites, and others Considers all members of these ancient societies, from commoners to royalty - exploring everything from people’s eating habits to royal negotiations over diplomatic marriages

Author : Christoph Schumann
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 350 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789004165489

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Liberal Thought in the Eastern Mediterranean by Christoph Schumann Pdf

This volume analyzes a century of intellectual debates, political ideologies, and literary media in order to track the emergence, spread and decline of liberal thought as a response to both authoritarian rule and Westernization in the Eastern Mediterranean.

Author : Mario Ferrero
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 191 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2022-04-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783030979430

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The Political Economy of Indo-European Polytheism by Mario Ferrero Pdf

This book sheds new light on the evolution and transformation of polytheistic religions. By applying economic models to the study of religious history and by viewing religious events as the result of rational choices under given environmental constraints, it offers a political economy perspective for the study of Indo-European polytheism. The book formally models the rivalry or competition among multiple gods in a polytheistic system and the monotheistic solution to this competition. Presenting case studies on the transformation and demise of various polytheistic religions, it highlights the pivotal role of the priestly class in driving religious change and suggests a joint explanation for the demise of Greco-Roman religion and the resilience of Hinduism and Zoroastrianism. It will appeal to scholars of the economics of religion and religious history and to anyone seeking new insights into the birth and death of religions, and the birth of monotheism in particular.

Author : Hasan Kayali
Publisher : Univ of California Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2021-10-26
Category : HISTORY
ISBN : 9780520343696

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Imperial Resilience by Hasan Kayali Pdf

Imperial Resilience tells the story of the enduring Ottoman landscape of the modern Middle East's formative years from the end of the First World War in 1918 to the conclusion of the peace settlement for the empire in 1923. Hasan Kayali moves beyond both the well-known role that the First World War's victors played in reshaping the region's map and institutions and the strains of ethnonationalism in the empire's "Long War." Instead, Kayali crucially uncovers local actors' searches for geopolitical solutions and concomitant collective identities based on Islamic commonality. Instead of the certainties of the nation-states that emerged in the wake of the belated peace treaty of 1923, we see how the Ottoman Empire remained central in the mindset of leaders and popular groups, with long-lasting consequences.

Author : Lynn E. Roller
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781934536520

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Incised Drawings from Early Phrygian Gordion by Lynn E. Roller Pdf

In 1950, the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology began excavations at the ancient Phrygian capital of Gordion in central Turkey. The Museum's Gordion Project continues today, with researchers from many disciplines and with many specializations contributing to a growing—and sometimes changing—body of information and understanding about this complex and multifaceted site, inhabited by peoples and diverse civilizations for millennia. In this volume of Gordion Special Studies, Lynn E. Roller focuses on a series of stone blocks with incised figural and abstract drawings recovered from early Phrygian structures at Gordion. The great majority of the incised stones come from a single structure within the Early Phrygian citadel at Gordion known as Megaron 2, a stone building with several remarkable features and a likely candidate for the citadel's temple. The volume begins with a description of the excavation of the stones and a discussion of Megaron 2. Next is an analysis of the subject matter of the drawings by type, describing scenes of human figures, animals, architectural drawings, geometric patterns, and formless marks. A discussion follows of the sources from which the drawings could have been taken and of parallels with similar scenes and designs on objects in other media from Gordion and other contemporary sites in Anatolia. The fourth section proposes an explanatory hypothesis on the origin of the drawings, and considers who could have made them and why. Parallels with comparable drawings from Anatolia and the Near East are discussed here. The final section summarizes the contribution of the drawings to our understanding of the development of the Early Phrygian material at Gordion. University Museum Monograph, 130

Author : Beate Pongratz-Leisten
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2015-09-25
Category : History
ISBN : 9781614519546

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Religion and Ideology in Assyria by Beate Pongratz-Leisten Pdf

Addressing the relationship between religion and ideology, and drawing on a range of literary, ritual, and visual sources, this book reconstructs the cultural discourse of Assyria from the third through the first millennium BCE. Ideology is delineated here as a subdiscourse of religion rather than as an independent category, anchoring it firmly within the religious world view. Tracing Assur's cultural interaction with the south on the one hand, and with the Syro-Anatolian horizon on the other, this volume articulates a "northern" cultural discourse that, even while interacting with southern Mesopotamian tradition, managed to maintain its own identity. It also follows the development of tropes and iconic images from the first city state of Uruk and their mouvance between myth, image, and royal inscription, historiography and myth, and myth and ritual, suggesting that, with the help of scholars, key royal figures were responsible for introducing new directions for the ideological discourse and for promoting new forms of historiography.

Author : Yasir Suleiman
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780748642199

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Living Islamic History by Yasir Suleiman Pdf

The publication of this book honours Professor Carole Hillenbrand's outstanding achievements in and service to Islamic and Middle Eastern Scholarship. It gathers original research from a range of leading international scholars from the UK, Europe and the USA whose chapters throw new light on a set of topics in medieval Islamic history, Islamic doctrine and practice, and the interaction between Islam and the modern world. Seeking to present fresh evidence and engaging ways of looking at old and new material, the authors contribute to a richer understanding of the interaction between historical events, social trends, religious practices and lived experiences in medieval Turkey and Central Asia, Iran and the Arabic-speaking lands. The book also discusses how some of the most abiding themes in the Arab-Islamic tradition continue to resonate in the modern world. The book features contributions from: Julia Bray, Edmund Bosworth, Farhad Daftary, Gerhard Endress, Gary Leiser, Remke Kruk, Charles Melville, A. H. Morton, Ian Netton, Andrew Newman, A. Kevin Reinhart and Yasir Suleiman.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 860 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015080728747

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Religion Past & Present by Anonim Pdf

Author : Kemal H. Karpat
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2001-05-03
Category : History
ISBN : 0195350499

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The Politicization of Islam by Kemal H. Karpat Pdf

Combining international and domestic perspectives, this book analyzes the transformation of the Ottoman Empire over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. It views privatization of state lands and the increase of domestic and foreign trade as key factors in the rise of a Muslim middle class, which, increasingly aware of its economic interests and communal roots, then attempted to reshape the government to reflect its ideals.

Author : Simona Rodan
Publisher : Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2019-09-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781789692570

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Maritime-Related Cults in the Coastal Cities of Philistia during the Roman Period by Simona Rodan Pdf

This study questions the origins and traditions of the cultic rites practised during Roman times in ‘Peleshet’ (Philistia), located along the southern shores of the Land of Israel.

Author : Liz James
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2010-01-29
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 1444320025

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A Companion to Byzantium by Liz James Pdf

Using new methodological and theoretical approaches, A Companionto Byzantium presents an overview of the Byzantine world fromits inception in 330 A.D. to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453. Provides an accessible overview of eleven centuries ofByzantine society Introduces the most recent scholarship that is transforming thefield of Byzantine studies Emphasizes Byzantium's social and cultural history, as well asits material culture Explores traditional topics and themes through freshperspectives