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Divine Kings and Sacred Spaces: Power and Religion in Hellenistic Syria (301-64 BC)

Divine Kings and Sacred Spaces: Power and Religion in Hellenistic Syria (301-64 BC)

Wright, Nicholas L.

Paperback

Series: BAR International, Book 2450

ArchaeologyAncient GreeceGeneral Asian History

ISBN10: 1407310542
ISBN13: 9781407310541
Publisher: British Archaeological Reports
Published: Dec 15 2012
Pages: 167
Weight: 1.35
Height: 0.51 Width: 8.27 Depth: 11.69
Language: English

This research takes an integrative approach to the study of Hellenistic cult and cultic practices in an important part of western Asia by employing a combination of archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence. Although any thorough investigation of Seleukid religion would prove illuminating in itself, this research uses religion as a lens through which to explore the processes of acculturation and rejection within a colonial context. It discusses the state attitude towards, and manipulation of, both Hellenic and indigenous beliefs and places this within a framework developed out of a series of case studies exploring evidence for religion at a regional level. The study outlines the development of religious practices and expression in the region which formed the birthplace of the modern world's three most influential monotheistic religions.

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