Space and Time in the Religious Life of the Near East.
Space and time are basic features of the world-view, even the theology, of many religions, ancient and modern. How did the world begin, and how will it end? What is the importance of religious architecture in symbolizing sacred space? Where and how do we locate the self? The divine world? Wyatt'...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Publishing,
2001.
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| Series: | Biblical seminar.
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| Summary: | Space and time are basic features of the world-view, even the theology, of many religions, ancient and modern. How did the world begin, and how will it end? What is the importance of religious architecture in symbolizing sacred space? Where and how do we locate the self? The divine world? Wyatt''s textbook treats ancient Near Eastern religions from a perspective that allows us to access how religion shapes and orders the world of human thought and experience. The book is designed especially for classroom use, each chapter provided with suggested reading, copious quotations from ancient texts a. |
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| Item Description: | 2(42) The Number Seven i): Sun, Moon and the Planets. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (369 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-354) and indexes. |
| ISBN: | 9780567049421 0567049426 |
| Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Source of description: Print version record. |