Household and family religion in antiquity / [print]
edited by John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan.
- Malden, Massachusetts ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub. Ltd, (c)2008.
- xii, 324 pages : illistrations, maps, plans ; 26 cm.
- Ancient world--comparative histories .
- Ancient world--comparative histories. .
Introduction Theorizing the religion of ancient households and families Family religion in second millennium West Asia (Mesopotamia, Emar, Nuzi) / Karel van der Toorn -- The integration of household and community religion in ancient Syria Family, household, and local religion at late bronze age ugarit Family religion in ancient Irael and its surroundings Family religion in Israel and the wider Levant of the first millennium BCE Household religion, family religion, and women's religion in ancient Israel Ashdod and the material remains of domestic cults in the Philistine Coastal Plain Household religion in ancient Egypt Household and domestic religion in ancient Egypt Household religion in ancient Greece Family matters : domestic religion in classical Greece Cicero's Minerva, Penates, and the mother of the Lares : an outline of -- Roman domestic religion Comparative perspectives John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan -- Stanley K. Stowers -- Daniel E. Fleming -- Theodore J. Lewis -- Rainer Albertz -- Saul M. Olyan -- Susan Ackerman -- R'diger Schmitt -- Robert K. Ritner -- Barbara S. Lesko -- Christopher A. Faraone -- Deborah Boedeker -- John Bodel -- John Bodel and Saul M. Olyan.
"Household and Family Religion in Antiquity is the first book to explore the religious dimensions of the family and the household in ancient Mediterranean and West Asian antiquity." "With an approach that is both contextual and comparative, essays examine domestic and familial religious practices in Egypt, Greece, Rome, Israel, Mesopotamia, Ugarit, Emar, and Philistia. Taking in a range of religious expression, from supplication of a household's patron deities to contact with dead ancestors, Household and Family Religion in Antiquity advances our understanding of a distinct and widespread ancient religions phenomenon."--BOOK JACKET.