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Religion may be defined as "a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs," [1] whereas ritual is "an established or prescribed procedure for a religious or ...
Commenting in The Oxford Handbook of the Archaeology of Ritual and Religion, Tõnno Jonuks wrote "Despite stressing the importance of archaeology and using its sources to a greater extent than any other school in the Baltic countries, studies of archaeomythology are still based upon folklore and archaeology has only been used selectively. The ...
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Two of his books have been translated: The Archaeology of Islam into Turkish (2007) and Persian (Farsi) (2022), and Archaeology, Ritual, Religion into Persian (2013). He co-teaches the undergraduate Introduction to Islamic Archaeology and Regions and Empires in Islamic Archaeology modules, and contributes on Islamic and African archaeology to ...
John Robert McRay (1931 – 2018) was an archaeologist, and professor emeritus of New Testament at Wheaton College (Illinois). [1] He directed archaeological excavations in Israel, and "his articles have appeared in [several] encyclopedias and dictionaires". [2]
All texts are available for free download in PDF format. The platform features advanced search capabilities and optical character recognition (OCR) options The Society for the Preservation of Hebrew Books Heidelberg University Digital Library: General Scientific publications, European historic literature of German and Latin languages
The core of the book lies in chapters 5, "Archaeological Evidence for Folk Religions in Ancient Israel", 6 "The Goddess Asherah and Her Cult", and 7 "Asherah, Women's Cults, and 'Official Yahwism '". These chapters describe polytheistic religion in ancient Israel, which, Dever points out, was the reality in the religious lives of most people.
Rites of the Gods is an archaeological study of religious belief and ritual practices across prehistoric Britain from the Old Stone Age through to the Iron Age.Written by the prominent English archaeologist and megalithic specialist Aubrey Burl, it was first published in 1981 by J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd.