Minoan Religion: Ritual, Image, and Symbol (Studies in Comparative Religion)

Marinatos, Nanno.

ISBN 10: 0872497445 / ISBN 13: 9780872497443

Published by University of South Carolina Press, 1993

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Minoan Religion: Ritual, Image, and Symbol (Studies in Comparative Religion)
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Publication Date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0872497445
• ISBN 13: 9780872497443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Ancient History

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"book should establish itself as a reference work"

Reviews

Marinatos (archaeology and classics, College Year, Athens) provides a comprehensive, well-documented, and carefully illustrated theory of religion during the Bronze Age in Crete. She shows that the Minoan religion is similar to Egyptian and Near Eastern religions in its concentration on death and rebirth, divine sacred marriage, and nature imagery emphasizing cyclical renewal but maintains its distinctiveness in social and ritual organization. She views religious change in combination with historical and social change, beginning her analysis before the advent of the palaces--which she regards as temples--and concluding in the postpalatial period. Essential for academic libraries; highly recommended for museum and public libraries.
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