The Religion of the Nabataeans: (Religions in the Graeco-Roman World) [Hardcover]

J.F. Healey (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1998 | ISBN-10: 9004107541 | ISBN-13: 978-9004107540 0

The history of the Nabataean Kingdom of Hellenistic-Roman times is centered on Petra. The Nabataean religion is known principally from inscriptions in Nabataean Aramaic, iconography, archaeology and Greek literary texts. After a critical survey of the sources, the author analyzes 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 divinization of kings. In a final chapter, Nabataean religion is considered in relation to Judaism, Christianity and Islam. The book should be of particular interest to historians of religion in the Graeco-Roman Near East and to Semitic epigraphists.

Editorial Reviews

Review

'"This welcome study finally fills a gap by supplying for the first time a monograph devoted to the Nabataean religion.'
L.L. Grabbe, "Journal for the Study of the Old Testament, 2002.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 160 pages
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers (June 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 9004107541
• ISBN-13: 978-9004107540
• Product Dimensions: 9.8 x 6.5 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,274,263 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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