The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World
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Michele Renee Salzman (Contributor)
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The Cambridge History of Religions in the Ancient World provides a comprehensive examination of the history of the religions of the ancient Near East and Mediterranean world. The essays in these volumes have a broad reach, covering the ancient Near East and Mediterranean, and extending from the Bronze Age into the late Roman period. Its contributors, acknowledged experts in their fields, incorporate a wide spectrum of textual and material evidence into their analyses of their subjects. The regional and historical orientations of the essays will enable readers to see how a religious tradition or movement assumed a distinctive local identity, as well as to understand how each tradition developed within its broader regional context. Supplemented with maps, illustrations and detailed indexes, these volumes will be an excellent reference tool for scholars and students. Contains 2 paperbacks Worked examples or Exercises
About the Author
Michele Renee Salzman is Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author of three books and numerous articles, including On Roman Time: The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity (1990), The Making of a Christian Aristocracy (2002) and The Letters of Symmachus: Book 1, a translation, introduction and commentary (with Michael Roberts, 2011). She is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Archaeology and on the Executive Committee of the American Academy in Rome.
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- Contributor: Michele Renee Salzman
- Imprint: Cambridge University Press
- ISBN13: 9781108703093
- Number of Pages: 1071
- Packaged Dimensions: 152x230x58mm
- Packaged Weight: 1600
- Format: Mixed Media
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Release Date: 2019-01-03
- Binding: Multiple-component retail product
- Biography: Michele Renee Salzman is Professor of History at the University of California, Riverside. She is the author of three books and numerous articles, including On Roman Time: The Codex-Calendar of 354 and the Rhythms of Urban Life in Late Antiquity (1990), The Making of a Christian Aristocracy (2002) and The Letters of Symmachus: Book 1, a translation, introduction and commentary (with Michael Roberts, 2011). She is on the editorial board of the American Journal of Archaeology and on the Executive Committee of the American Academy in Rome.
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