With contributions spanning from the Neolithic Age to the Iron Age, this book offers important insights into the religions and ritual practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities through the lenses of their material remains. The book begins with a theoretical introduction to the concept of material religion and features editor introductions to each of its six parts, which tackle the following themes: the human body; religious architecture; the written word; sacred images; the spirituality of animals; and the sacred role of the landscape. Illustrated with over 100 images, chapters…mehr
With contributions spanning from the Neolithic Age to the Iron Age, this book offers important insights into the religions and ritual practices in ancient Egyptian and Near Eastern communities through the lenses of their material remains. The book begins with a theoretical introduction to the concept of material religion and features editor introductions to each of its six parts, which tackle the following themes: the human body; religious architecture; the written word; sacred images; the spirituality of animals; and the sacred role of the landscape. Illustrated with over 100 images, chapters provide insight into every element of religion and materiality, from the largest building to the smallest amulet. This is a benchmark work for further studies on material religion in the ancient Near East and Egypt.
Nicola Laneri is Director of the Museum of Archeology and Professor of Archeology and Art History of the Ancient Near East at the University of Catania, Italy. He is also Director of the School of Religious Studies at CAMNES, Italy. Sharon R. Steadman is SUNY Distinguished Professor of Anthropology and Director of the Rozanne Brooks Museum at SUNY Cortland, USA.
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Introduction Nicola Laneri (University of Catania Italy) and Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland USA) Part I: Material Religion 1. Chance and Lived Religion: The Material Culture of Transforming Randomness into Purpose David Morgan (Duke University USA) Part II: The Human Body 2. Material Religion and the Body in the Ancient Near East Brenna Hassert (University College London UK) 3. Jewelry as a Powerful Tool in the Ritual Discourse between Humans and the Supernatural in the Ancient Near East Zuzanna Wygnanska (Polish Academy of Sciences Poland) 4. Body Politic: Body-Objects and Necropolitics Past and Present Melissa S. Cradic (Badé Museum of Biblical Archaeology at Pacific School of Religion USA) 5. Behind the Cultic Statue: The Materiality of Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia Davide Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome Italy) and Lorenzo Verderame (Sapienza University of Rome Italy) 6. Meanings and Practices in the Design of Objects: What Does Design Reveal about Experiences? Michael S. Chen 7. The Brief but Spectacular Lives of Figurines in Hittite Ritual Billie Jean Collins (Emory University USA) Part III: Architecture 8. Religious Life Urban Fabric and Regeneration Processes in Mari During the Second Half of the Third Millennium BCE Pascal Butterlin (Sorbonne University France) 9. Sacred Space and Immigrant Identity in the Middle Bronze Age: The Case of Tell el Dab'a Danielle Candelora (SUNY Cortland USA) 10. Evidence for an Urartian Belief System: The Institutionalization of Religion in the Mountainous Eastern Anatolian Highland--The Case of Ayanis Mehmet Isikli 11. The Price of Devotion: Costly Signals in Neolithic and Chalcolithic Architecture on the Anatolian Plateau Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland USA) 12. Building Temples in the Northern Levant Stefania Mazzoni (University of Florence Italy) 13. Sacred Architecture in Iron II Southern Levant Ido Koch (Tel Aviv University Israel) Part IV: The Written Word 14. Scribes in the Temple: Materializing Missing Monuments in Mesopotamia Jennifer C. Ross (Hood College USA) 15. The Heraldry of Early Iranian Religion Jacob Dahl 16. The Materials of Hittite Magic and Religion Gregory McMahon (University of New Hampshire USA) 17. Experiencing Ancient Egyptian the Book of the Dead: A Funerary Text Corpus as a Material Object Christina Geisen (University of Cambridge UK) 18. Pottery and Magic. A Glimpse into Late-Antique Mesopotamian Religious Tradition and its Materiality Marco Moriggi 19. The Biblical Priestly Tradition as Material Religion: A Comparative Ancient Mediterranean Approach Seth Sanders (University of California Davis USA) Part V: The Animals 20. Man Animal and Gods: Animal Remains as Indicators of Beliefs in the Ancient Near East Jwana Chahoud (CNRS Lebanese University Lebanon) and Emmanuelle Vila (Lebanese University Lebanon) 21. Resting on Strong Shoulders: The Power of Animal Scapulae in the Near Eastern Neolithic Nerissa Russell (Cornell University USA) 22. Animals and Ideology in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the Southern Levant Max Price (Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA) and Jaqcueline Meier 23. Sharing Animals: Animal Imagery as Late Antique Intercultural Dialogue Marica Cassis Sydney Burton and Sanaz Safari 24. The Theriomorphic Images of the Hittite Gods Stefano de Martino (University of Torino Italy) Part VI: The Landscape 25. Material Religion and the Perception of the Sacred Landscape in Ancient Mesopotamia Anna Perdibon (Independent Scholar) 26. Imagining the Supernatural: The Landscape of Kura-Araxes Sacred Funerary Mounds Nicola Laneri (University of Catania Italy) and Chiara Pappalardo (University of Catania Italy) 27. Cult Aspects of the Egyptian Desert Laurel D. Hackley (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill USA) 28. Deconstructing the Shrine: An Essay in Understanding Desert Cult Steven A. Rosen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel) 29. Maritime Viewscapes and the Material Religion of Levantine Seafarers Aaron Brody (Pacific School of Religion USA) Bibliography Index
Introduction Nicola Laneri (University of Catania Italy) and Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland USA) Part I: Material Religion 1. Chance and Lived Religion: The Material Culture of Transforming Randomness into Purpose David Morgan (Duke University USA) Part II: The Human Body 2. Material Religion and the Body in the Ancient Near East Brenna Hassert (University College London UK) 3. Jewelry as a Powerful Tool in the Ritual Discourse between Humans and the Supernatural in the Ancient Near East Zuzanna Wygnanska (Polish Academy of Sciences Poland) 4. Body Politic: Body-Objects and Necropolitics Past and Present Melissa S. Cradic (Badé Museum of Biblical Archaeology at Pacific School of Religion USA) 5. Behind the Cultic Statue: The Materiality of Religion in Ancient Mesopotamia Davide Nadali (Sapienza University of Rome Italy) and Lorenzo Verderame (Sapienza University of Rome Italy) 6. Meanings and Practices in the Design of Objects: What Does Design Reveal about Experiences? Michael S. Chen 7. The Brief but Spectacular Lives of Figurines in Hittite Ritual Billie Jean Collins (Emory University USA) Part III: Architecture 8. Religious Life Urban Fabric and Regeneration Processes in Mari During the Second Half of the Third Millennium BCE Pascal Butterlin (Sorbonne University France) 9. Sacred Space and Immigrant Identity in the Middle Bronze Age: The Case of Tell el Dab'a Danielle Candelora (SUNY Cortland USA) 10. Evidence for an Urartian Belief System: The Institutionalization of Religion in the Mountainous Eastern Anatolian Highland--The Case of Ayanis Mehmet Isikli 11. The Price of Devotion: Costly Signals in Neolithic and Chalcolithic Architecture on the Anatolian Plateau Sharon R. Steadman (SUNY Cortland USA) 12. Building Temples in the Northern Levant Stefania Mazzoni (University of Florence Italy) 13. Sacred Architecture in Iron II Southern Levant Ido Koch (Tel Aviv University Israel) Part IV: The Written Word 14. Scribes in the Temple: Materializing Missing Monuments in Mesopotamia Jennifer C. Ross (Hood College USA) 15. The Heraldry of Early Iranian Religion Jacob Dahl 16. The Materials of Hittite Magic and Religion Gregory McMahon (University of New Hampshire USA) 17. Experiencing Ancient Egyptian the Book of the Dead: A Funerary Text Corpus as a Material Object Christina Geisen (University of Cambridge UK) 18. Pottery and Magic. A Glimpse into Late-Antique Mesopotamian Religious Tradition and its Materiality Marco Moriggi 19. The Biblical Priestly Tradition as Material Religion: A Comparative Ancient Mediterranean Approach Seth Sanders (University of California Davis USA) Part V: The Animals 20. Man Animal and Gods: Animal Remains as Indicators of Beliefs in the Ancient Near East Jwana Chahoud (CNRS Lebanese University Lebanon) and Emmanuelle Vila (Lebanese University Lebanon) 21. Resting on Strong Shoulders: The Power of Animal Scapulae in the Near Eastern Neolithic Nerissa Russell (Cornell University USA) 22. Animals and Ideology in the Pre-Pottery Neolithic B of the Southern Levant Max Price (Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA) and Jaqcueline Meier 23. Sharing Animals: Animal Imagery as Late Antique Intercultural Dialogue Marica Cassis Sydney Burton and Sanaz Safari 24. The Theriomorphic Images of the Hittite Gods Stefano de Martino (University of Torino Italy) Part VI: The Landscape 25. Material Religion and the Perception of the Sacred Landscape in Ancient Mesopotamia Anna Perdibon (Independent Scholar) 26. Imagining the Supernatural: The Landscape of Kura-Araxes Sacred Funerary Mounds Nicola Laneri (University of Catania Italy) and Chiara Pappalardo (University of Catania Italy) 27. Cult Aspects of the Egyptian Desert Laurel D. Hackley (University of North Carolina Chapel Hill USA) 28. Deconstructing the Shrine: An Essay in Understanding Desert Cult Steven A. Rosen (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev Israel) 29. Maritime Viewscapes and the Material Religion of Levantine Seafarers Aaron Brody (Pacific School of Religion USA) Bibliography Index
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