Religion : Antiquities & Archaeology

Contributions by respected European and American scholars from the field of classical and religious studies are collected in this volume. It is a representative selection of contemporary research on myths, the forms they can take, and their transformation in various environments and ages. more...

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By offering, for the first time in a single edition, complete English translations of Apollodorus' Library and Hyginus' Fabulae —the two most important surviving "handbooks" of classical mythography—this volume enables readers to compare the two's versions of the most important Greek and Roman myths. A General Introduction sets the Library and Fabulae into the wider context of ancient mythography; introductions to each text discuss in greater detail issues of authorship, aim, and influence. A general index, an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers are also included. more...

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Uses the most recent research in key areas - early settlements of Israel, early Israelite religion, Qumran, Jerusalem, early Christian churches - showing that ancient writings and modern archaeology can illuminate each other. more...

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This book has been several years in the making, and much is owed to many advisers and helpers, as well as to the contributors. I am particularly indebted to its commissioning editor, Richard Stoneman, who first conceived the idea, and to his assistants Coco Stevenson and Catherine Bousfield who have seen it through to publication. more...

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The first definitive account of what scholars and the media are calling 'the most important archaeological discovery' about Jesus and his family. This is the definitive story of the recent discovery of the first–century ossuary (limestone bone box) with the legend 'James, son of Joseph, brother of Jesus', and its implications for understanding Jesus, his family (mother, father, brothers), his followers, the first Christians and the Jewish Christian movement in Jerusalem that James led. This ossuary is the first ever archaeological discovery directly confirming the existence of Jesus, and his relationship to his father, Joseph, and brother, James, who became the leader of the important Jewish Christian community in Jerusalem. No one is as qualified and well connected to recount the discovery and its authentication as Hershel Shanks, whose magazine first broke the story. more...

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