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Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity

Jon Davies
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Above Ground
Actual Burial
Aelius Aristides
Ahura Mazda
ancient funerary rituals
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BCE
Beth Shearim
burial customs in antiquity
Burial Practices
Carthage
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Category=NHB
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Category=QRA
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Century CE
Christian Churches
common
comparative religious studies
Confer
cult
dead
Dense
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eq_history
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era
Extramural Cemeteries
Follow
Fourth Century BCE
greco
Hold
Jewish Burial Practices
Kinsmen
martyrdom traditions
mortuary archaeology
Pantheon
Rebirth
resurrection beliefs
Rock Cut Tomb
rock-cut
roman
secondary
Secondary Burial
sociological theory of religion
Susan Walker
tomb
War Scroll
world
Young Men

Product details

  • ISBN 9780415129916
  • Weight: 500g
  • Dimensions: 138 x 216mm
  • Publication Date: 24 Jun 1999
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
  • Publication City/Country: GB
  • Product Form: Paperback
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In Death, Burial and Rebirth in the Religions of Antiquity, Jon Davies charts the significance of death to the emerging religious cults in the pre-Christian and early Christian world. He analyses the varied burial rituals and examines the different notions of the afterlife. Among the areas covered are:
* Osiris and Isis: the life theology of Ancient Egypt
* burying the Jewish dead
* Roman religion and Roman funerals
* Early Christian burial
* the nature of martyrdom.
Jon Davies also draws on the sociological theory of Max Weber to present a comprehensive introduction to and overview of death, burial and the afterlife in the first Christian centuries which offers insights into the relationship between social change and attitudes to death and dying.
About Jon Davies
Jon Davies was until recently Head of Department of Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle, where he now teaches part-time.

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