The religious life of Nabataea / by Peter Alpass.
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, sculp...
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| Year of Publication: | 2013 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world,
v. 175 Religions in the Graeco-Roman World 175. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (332 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Material
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Petra’s Sacred Spaces: Gods and Worshippers
- 3. Hegra in Context: Nabataean Towns in the Northern Hijaz
- 4. The Nabataean Negev: Across the Wadi Arabah
- 5. Nabataeans in the Hauran: Political and Religious Boundaries
- 6. Three Sanctuaries in Central Nabataea: Form, Function and Followers
- 7. Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Index
- Figures.