Archaeology and fertility cult in the ancient Mediterranean
להגדלת הטקסט להקטנת הטקסט- ספר
The papers in this volume derive from the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean (Malta, 1985). The field remains divided between the view supporting the existence of a universal belief in an all-pervading and all-embracing Mother Goddess - of which the fertility cult is just one, albeit important, aspect - and the view questioning the very bases of that theory. This conference showed that there seems to be a greater disposition for further dialogue. The fertility content in Near Eastern and Classical religions remains indisputable.
כותר |
Archaeology and fertility cult in the ancient Mediterranean : papers presented at the First International Conference on Archaeology of the Ancient Mediterranean, the University of Malta, 2-5 September 1985 / edited by Anthony Bonanno. |
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מוציא לאור |
Amsterdam : B.R. Grüner |
שנה |
[1986] |
הערות |
Description based upon print version of record. Includes bibliographical references. English |
הערת תוכן ותקציר |
Title page Copyright page Table of contents PREFACE LIST OF MEMBERS, WITH ADDRESSES OPENING ADDRESSES SECTION I: PREHISTORY THE QUESTION OF FERTILITY CULTS I. USES AND ABUSES OF THE TERM II. THE ART OF HUNTERS AND ITS CONTENTS III. EARLY POST-PALAEOLITHIC EVIDENCE IV. THE BIRTH OF AGRICULTURE AND CONNECTED IDEOLOGIES V. ARCHETYPES AND PARADIGMS Summary Bibliography OLD EUROPE: SACRED MATRIARCHY OR COMPLEMENTARY OPPOSITION? THE DOMINANCE OF GODDESSES ANDROGYNYOUS PARTHENOGENESIS OF THE GREAT GODDESS OLD EUROPE: A MATRIARCHAL UTOPIA? Résumé PHILOSOPHICAL PARADIGMS OF FERTILITYCULT INTERPRETATIONS:PHILOSOPHICAL PERSPECTIVES ON SEASONAL GODDESSESTHE DATA Palaeolithic cultures Neolithic cultures THEORY ANCIENT RELIGIONS IN THE CONTEXT OF CULTURAL TYPES THE THEORY THE TYPES CONCLUSIONS PROBLÈMES DINTERPRÉTATION DES OBJETS MINIATURES DE DIKILI TASH(NÉOLITHIQUE RÉCENT) Bibliographie SEATED CLAY FIGURINES FROM THE NEOLITHIC PERIOD, ISRAEL Notes CULTIC FINDS FROM THE MIDDLE COPPER AGE OF WESTERN HUNGARY -CONNECTIONS WITH SOUTH EAST EUROPE Notes Resumé FÉCONDITÉ ET PRATIQUES FUNÉRAIRES EN ÉGÉE A L'ÂGE DU BRONZE OF EARRINGS, SWALLOWS AND THERAN LADIES Resume UNE INFLUENCE DES RELIGIONS MÉDITERRANÉENNES?ANTHROPOMORPHES, ZOOMORPHES ET PICTOGRAMMES DANS LA MOITIÉ SUD DE LA FRANCE AU 8eme S. AV. J.C. LES DECORS SUR CÉRAMIQUE: LE DEBUT DU MESSAGE ECRIT: LES MODELAGES EN ARGILE, LES BRONZES: LES CHARS, LEUR FIGURATION ET LE CULTE SOLAIRE: REMARQUES GENERALES: SECTION II: PREHISTORY, MALTA THE PREHISTORIC MALTESE ACHIEVEMENT AND ITS INTERPRETATION FOUR KINDS OF CONTEXT THE STUDY OF EARLY RELIGIONS TRANSFORMATIONS THE MALTESE CASE THE SIGNIFICANCE OF THE NUDITY,OBESITY AND SEXUALITY OF THE MALTESE GODDESS FIGURES THE MEGALITHIC TEMPLES OF MALTA An Anthropological Perspective NEW VIEWS ON THE HYPOGEUM AND TARXIEN ""THE FAT LADY II. THE HYPOGEUM: BURIALS III. THE SLEEPING LADY IV. THE HYPOGEUM: CONTEXT FOR INCUBATION V. REINCARNATION TWO RELIEF-CARVINGS OF CHALCOLITHIC MALTA SECTION III: PHOENICIAN AND NEAR EASTERN RELIGIONS UNI-ASHTARTE AND TANIT-IUNO CAELESTIS TWO PHOENICIAN GODDESSES OF FERTILITY RECONSIDERED FROM RECENT ARCHAEOLOGICAL DISCOVERIES Abbreviations EGYPTIAN FERTILITY MAGIC WITHIN PHOENICIAN AND PUNIC CULTURE Summary. FERTILITY CULT IN ANCIENT UGARIT AN UGARITIC TEXT RELATED TO THE FERTILITY CULT (KTU 1.23) FERTILITY AS BLESSING AND INFERTILITY AS CURSE IN THE ANCIENT NEAR EAST AND THE OLD TESTAMENT |
היקף החומר |
1 online resource (368 pages) : illustrations, maps |
שפה |
אנגלית |
מספר מערכת |
997010718632205171 |
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