Happiness for mankind: Achaemenian religion and the imperial project
The product of twenty years' research, this is the first book to study the way religious concerns permeated Achaemenian culture, deeply influencing such varied things as categories of space, time, number, and causality; constructions of nature, humanity, and moral order; institutions of law, ed...
| Publicado no: | Acta iranica |
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| Tipo de documento: | Print Livro |
| Idioma: | Inglês |
| Serviço de pedido Subito: | Pedir agora. |
| Verificar disponibilidade: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Publicado em: |
Leuven [u.a.]
Peeters
2012
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| Em: |
Acta iranica (53)
Ano: 2012 |
| Coletânea / Revista: | Acta iranica
53 |
| (Cadeias de) Palavra- chave padrão: | B
Achämeniden ca. 700 a.C.-330 a.C.
/ Religião
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| Outras palavras-chave: | B
Achaemenid dynasty (559-330 B.C)
B Iran Religião |
| Acesso em linha: |
Inhaltsverzeichnis (Verlag) Klappentext (Verlag) |
| Resumo: | The product of twenty years' research, this is the first book to study the way religious concerns permeated Achaemenian culture, deeply influencing such varied things as categories of space, time, number, and causality; constructions of nature, humanity, and moral order; institutions of law, education, and kingship; practices of diplomacy, tribute, irrigation and gardening (including the sumptuous royal gardens designated as "paradises"). Particular attention is devoted to the role of cosmogonic myths, dualistic ethics, demonological beliefs, the ideology of royal charisma, the sense of Persia as a sacred center, and the conviction that Achaemenian rulers bore unique responsibility for restoring the world's lost perfection and realizing God's plans for creation: a task to be accomplished by reuniting the globe's tragically fragmented peoples |
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| ISBN: | 9042925256 |