{"product_id":"from-ritual-to-god-in-the-ancient-near-east-tracing-the-origins-of-religion-hardback-9781009306645","title":"From Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East; Tracing the Origins of Religion (Hardback) 9781009306645","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eFrom Ritual to God in the Ancient Near East\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTracing the Origins of Religion\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book traces the transformation of the belief systems that shaped life in ancient Near Eastern communities.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eNicola Laneri (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781009306645, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 9 May 2024\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e266 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 2 cm, 0.528 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Well written, well illustrated, and well documented, this volume will be of great interest to both students and scholars of ancient religion … Highly recommended.' W. Kotter, CHOICE\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHuman belief systems and practices can be traced to ca. 10,000 BCE in the Ancient Near East, where the earliest evidence of ritual structures and objects can be found. Religious architecture, the relics of human skeletons, animal symbolism, statues, and icons all contributed to a complex network into which the spiritual essence of the divine was materially present. In this book, Nicola Laneri traces the transformation of the belief systems that shaped life in ancient Near Eastern communities, from prehistoric times until the advent of religious monotheism in the Levant during the first millennium BCE. Considering a range of evidence, from stone ceremonial enclosures, such as as Göbleki Tepe, to the construction of the first temples and icons of Mesopotamian polytheistic beliefs, to the Temple of Jerusalem, the iconic center of Israelite monotheism, Laneri offers new insights into the symbolic value embodied in the religious materiality produced in the ancient Near East.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI. In the Name of the Spirits: Humans and Natural Environments: 1. Materializing the human body: the cult of ancestors among Ancient Near Eastern societies\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sacred nature: deer, water, and the supernatural in Anatolia during Bronze Age\u003cbr\u003e II. For the Glory of the Gods: Architecture, Icons, and Material Symbols for Encountering the Divine: 3. Constructing cosmotheism: temples, writing, and the creation of divine Pantheons in Ancient Mesopotamia\u003cbr\u003e 4. Imagining the divine: consecrating and venerating cultic images in the Ancient Near East\u003cbr\u003e III. A New Era: Toward the Emergence of Monotheism: 5. One God in one temple: religious aniconism and the rise of monotheism in the Southern Levant during the First Millenium BCE.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Middle \u0026amp; Near Eastern archaeology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Middle \u0026amp; Near Eastern archaeology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Middle%20\u0026amp;%20Near%20Eastern%20archaeology%20%5BHDDC%5D%22\"\u003eHDDC\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52507375075608,"sku":"9781009306645","price":90.37,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781009306645i.jpg?v=1786445316","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/from-ritual-to-god-in-the-ancient-near-east-tracing-the-origins-of-religion-hardback-9781009306645","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}