The Religion of the Nabataeans: A ConspectusBRILL, 2001 - 242 ページ The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times, centred on Petra, is now well known, but until the publication of this book, no monograph has been devoted to Nabataean religion, known to us principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek literary texts. After a critical survey of the sources, the author analyses systematically the information on the individual gods worshipped by the Nabataeans, including a detailed illustrated account of temples and iconography. A further major section discusses religious themes: aniconism, henotheism, death-cult and the divinisation of kings. In a final chapter, Nabataean religion is considered in relation to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The book will be of particular interest to historians of religion in the Graeco-Roman Near East and to Semitic epigraphists. |
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ADAJ al-'Uzza al-Kutbā Allāt altar ancient aniconism appears Arabian Arabic Aramaic Archaeology Aretas associated Atargatis Avdat Ayn esh-Shallaleh Baalshamin betyl Bosra burial Cantineau century A.D. clear connected context cult Dalman dated A.D. dedicated deity Dijkstra divine name dkyr PN Drijvers Dushara dwšr E. J. Brill evidence Gawlikowski goddess gods Greek Hammond Hatra Ḥawrān Healey Hegra high-places Höfner Hubal Ibn al-Kalbi identified Iram ISBN 90 Isis Islam Jabal Ithlib king Knauf Lihyanite Littmann Manāt Manōtu Marduk marzēḥā Merklein Milik monotheism Nabataean inscriptions Nabataean religion nabatéen Negev niche Niehr noted Obodas Obodas III Palmyra Palmyrene Patrich personal names Petra Plate post-Nabataean pre-Islamic probably Qasr el-Bint Temple Qōs refers religious world Remembered be PN ritual Roman Safaitic sanctuary Savignac Semitic Shay'-al-Qawm Sinai Starcky statue stele Strabo Syria Tannur Teixidor temenos texts tion tomb inscriptions tradition trans triclinia triclinium Ugaritic Wādi Wenning Winged Lions worship Zayadine Zeus