Living and Dying in Mesopotamia
Bloomsbury Academic (Verlag)
978-1-350-30187-0 (ISBN)
This book is the first to interrogate the relationships between living and dying through case studies and primary evidence. Including letters written by both women and men, the book allows readers to enter the minds of the ancients.
First, the authors focus on life through topics such as the rituals surrounding birth, marriage, and religion. The authors then examine the common causes of death, the rituals associated with death, and the Mesopotamian views of the netherworld, its gods, and inhabitants. Concepts of gender fluidity, both in life and death, are considered alongside evidence from epigraphic data.
Illustrating daily life as a multifaceted subject affected by time, space, location, socioeconomics, and gender, this book creates a window into the conditions and concerns of the Mesopotamian people.
Alhena Gadotti is Professor of History and Assistant Dean of the College of Liberal Arts at Towson University, USA. Alexandra Kleinerman was a Faculty Research Associate at Cornell University, USA, for over a decade. She is now an independent scholar.
1. Introduction: History and Evidence 2. The Mesopotamian Belief System
3. From Birth to Adolescence
4. Life Rituals
5. The Stuff of Life
6. The Organization of Society
7. From Dying to Death
8. Death Rituals
9. The Stuff of Death
10. The Organization of the Netherworld
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 29.10.2024 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 22 bw illus |
| Verlagsort | London |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 156 x 234 mm |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Esoterik / Spiritualität |
| Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Altertum / Antike | |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Religion / Theologie ► Weitere Religionen | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-350-30187-6 / 1350301876 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-350-30187-0 / 9781350301870 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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