The religion of the Nabataeans : a conspectus /
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| Author / Creator: | Healy, John F. |
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| Imprint: | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2001. |
| Description: | xvi, 242 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world v. 136 |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4452787 |
Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Problems of Method and a Survey of Sources
- Nabataean "Religion"
- The Study of Dead Religions
- "Nabataean" Religion
- The Transformations of Nabataean Religion
- Syncretism or Assimilation
- The Sources
- Ch. 2. Background: Nabataean History and Trade
- Nabataean History
- Nabataean Trade
- The Nabataean Regions
- Connections with Arabia
- Ch. 3. Sacred Places
- Religious Installations at Nabataean Sites
- Religious Architecture
- Excursus: Architectural and Related Terms
- Ch. 4. The Nabataean God and Goddess
- The Nabataean Conception of the Gods
- Dushara, the Nabataean God
- Dushara's Assimilation to Non-Nabataean Deities
- The Nabataean Goddess: Allat, al-Uzza
- Ch. 5. Other Deities Worshipped by the Nabataeans
- Kutba and Al-Kutba
- Deities of Regional Importance
- Foreign Goddesses
- Evidence of Other Deities
- The Protective Deities
- Ch. 6. Images and Rituals
- Objects of Worship
- Sacred Times and Persons
- Private Cults
- Religious Formulae
- Ch. 7. The World of Nabataean Religion
- A Desert Tradition?
- Aniconism
- Emergent Monotheism
- Nabataean Religion in the pre-Islamic Context.