Divine Kings and Sacred Spaces: Power and Religion in Hellenistic Syria (301-64 BC) (BAR International)

Divine Kings and Sacred Spaces: Power and Religion in Hellenistic Syria (301-64 BC) (BAR International) image
ISBN-10:

1407310542

ISBN-13:

9781407310541

Author(s): WRIGHT, Nicholas
Released: Dec 15, 2012
Format: Paperback, 167 pages
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Description:

This research takes an integrative approach to the study of Hellenistic cult and cultic practices in an important part of western Asia by employing a combination of archaeological, numismatic and historical evidence. Although any thorough investigation of Seleukid religion would prove illuminating in itself, this research uses religion as a lens through which to explore the processes of acculturation and rejection within a colonial context. It discusses the state attitude towards, and manipulation of, both Hellenic and indigenous beliefs and places this within a framework developed out of a series of case studies exploring evidence for religion at a regional level. The study outlines the development of religious practices and expression in the region which formed the birthplace of the modern world’s three most influential monotheistic religions.











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