The Religious Life of Nabataea

by Peter Alpass
The Religious Life of Nabataea
Author: Peter Alpass
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2013-06-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004216235
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Flourishing in the centuries around the birth of Christ, the Nabataean kingdom covered a large swathe of the north-western Arabian Peninsula and was shaped by cultural influences from the Mediterranean, Arabian and wider Semitic worlds. The Religious Life of Nabataea examines the inscriptions, sculptures and architectural remains left by worshippers in every corner of the kingdom, from the spectacular remains of the desert city of Petra to the fertile plains of southern Syria. While previous scholarly approaches have minimised the diversity of cultic practices and traditions found in Nabataea, this study reveals a vibrant religious landscape dominated by a variety of local traditions.

The Religion of the Nabataeans

by J.F. Healey
The Religion of the Nabataeans
Author: J.F. Healey
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 260
Release: 2015-08-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 9004301488
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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.

Nabatu. The Nabataeans through their inscriptions

by Francisco del Río Sánchez
Nabatu. The Nabataeans through their inscriptions
Author: Francisco del Río Sánchez
Publisher: Edicions Universitat Barcelona
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2015-12-04
Genre:
ISBN: 844753748X
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The aim of this book is to explore the history and culture of the Nabataeans, using the inscriptions not just as a complement to ilustrate the text but as a primary source of information. It is based on the conviction that the inscriptions can be enjoyed not only by the specialists but also by those who are curious and want to learn about them.

Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia

by Hatūn Ajwād Fāsī
Women in Pre-Islamic Arabia
Author: Hatūn Ajwād Fāsī
Publisher: BAR International Series
Total Pages: 160
Release: 2007
Genre: History
ISBN:
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The first centuries BC-AD see a huge increase in Nabatean depictions of women, and using inscriptions, coins and archaeological studies this book looks at the reasons for this trend, which represents a clear rise in women's status at that time - with women becoming involved in business, and enjoying a certain amount of legal independence.

Honor and Shame, Unlocking the Door

by Roland Muller
Honor and Shame, Unlocking the Door
Author: Roland Muller
Publisher:
Total Pages:
Release: 2013
Genre: Honor
ISBN: 9781927581025
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Version three of Roland Muller's ground breaking book on worldview. Intended for an evangelical audience this book present the three common-ancestral worldviews from a Biblical basis and examines how they influence our understanding of the gospel. This book comes highly recommended and is essential reading for those wishing to work cross culturally.Roland Muller introduces the concepts of guilt, fear and shame based cultures, showing their development over the years, and their influence on our understanding of the gospel message. Muller examines the way we traditionally present the gospel, and the difficulties this poses for those from a shame/honor background. A case study based on the Muslim cultures of the Middle East follows, where he examines Islam in the light of shame and honor. In conclusion Roland Muller presents us with the three-fold message of the gospel which is understandable in whatever cultural setting we may work in.

Paul of Arabia

by Ben Witherington
Paul of Arabia
Author: Ben Witherington
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 192
Release: 2020-11-19
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1532698224
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What does a person do when his life has just taken a complete U-turn? This was the question Paul faced after his conversion on Damascus Road. In the end, he decided to go to Petran Arabia, where he stayed for more than two years. In this exercise in reconstructing what Paul's time in Petra would have been like, Ben Witherington recreates the scene of various interesting possible episodes in Paul's life, about which the New Testament says little, filling in the gaps of "the hidden years." Who would he have met in Petra? Would he have practiced his leather working trade? Might he have gotten married? What did he do to raise the ire of King Aretas IV, and cause him to be chased all the way back to Damascus and out again? Why did he wait so long to go up to Jerusalem and visit with Peter? This and much more is addressed in this fast-paced novella, with sidebars explaining the context of the events in the story.

Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC–AD 300)

by Francesca Mazzilli
Rural Cult Centres in the Hauran: Part of the broader network of the Near East (100 BC–AD 300)
Author: Francesca Mazzilli
Publisher: Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
Total Pages: 214
Release: 2018-12-21
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1784919551
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The first comprehensive multidisciplinary analysis of rural cult centres in the Hauran (southern Syria) from the pre-Roman to the Roman period (100 BC-AD 300). This volume re-evaluates the significance of contacts between the elite of the Hauran and other cultures of the Near East in shaping cult sites.

The Poetics of Arabian Sūqs

by Jasmine Shahin
The Poetics of Arabian Sūqs
Author: Jasmine Shahin
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2022-11-18
Genre: Architecture
ISBN: 1000771059
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This book investigates the history of Arabian sūqs from their pre-Islamic beginnings to the present. Collecting evidence from archaeological ruins, Islamic towns, modern cities, Arabic poetry, philosophical debates, political conflicts, puppet shows and the insights of modern-day market-goers, the book presents new and unforeseen interpretations of the Arabian sūq’s meaning and its transformation through time and place. The finding that such meaning is tied to ancient trade rituals, where temple and market presented a holistic socio-urban unit, re-questions some instrumental assumptions regarding the value of sūq-ness in Arabia’s everyday practices. Such a finding, which locates the fadaā/tareeq duality as a central theme in Arabia’s socio-urban discourse, emphasizes the importance of lived experiences and poetics as key sources for understanding socio-urban phenomena.