Research Catalog

Title

Divine names on the spot : towards a dynamic approach of divine denominations in Greek and Semitic contexts / edited by Thomas Galoppin and Corinne Bonnet.

Publication

• Leuven : Peeters, 2021.
• ©2021

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bonnet, Corinne
• Galoppin, Thomas, 1986-

Description

vi, 256 pages : illustrations; 25 cm.

Summary

'Ancient Greek and Semitic languages resorted to a large range of words to name the divine. Gods and goddesses were called by a variety of names and combinations of onomastic attributes. This broad lexicon of names is characterised by plurality and a tendency to build on different sequences of names; therefore, the Mapping Ancient Polytheisms project focuses on the process of naming the divine in order to better understand the ancient divine in terms of a plurality in the making. A fundamental rule for reading ancient divine names is to grasp them in their context - time and place, a ritual, the form of the discourse, a cultural milieu...: a deity is usually named according to a specific situation. From Artemis Eulochia to al-Lat, al-'Uzza and Manat, from Melqart to "my rock" in the biblical book of Psalms, this volume journeys between the sanctuary on Mount Gerizim and late antique magical practices, revisiting rituals, hymnic poetry, oaths of orators and philosophical prayers. While targeting different names in different contexts, the contributors draft theoretical propositions towards a dynamic approach of naming the divine in antiquity.'

Series Statement

Orbis biblicus et orientalis, 1015-1850 ; 293

Uniform Title

Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 293.

Subject

• God > Name
• God (Christianity) > Name
• God (Judaism) > Name
• Gods, Greek > Names
• Gods, Phoenician > Names
• God
• God (Christianity)
• God (Judaism)
• Gods, Greek
• Names
• Gods, Phoenician

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language (note)

• 7 English, 4 French contributions.

Contents

Divine names on the spot : towards a dynamic approach of divine denominations in Greek and Semitic contexts / Corinne Bonnet and Thomas Galoppin -- Part I. Cognition and materiality. Polytheism as language : a linguistic approach to Greek polytheism / Saskia Peels-Matthey -- Permanent and passing words : addressing the divine in the sanctuary on Mount Gerizim / Anne Katrine de Hemmer Gudme -- Phoenician gods : tell me your name, show me your image! / Ida Oggiano -- Part II. Rituals and poetics. Nommer, qualifier, invoquer les divinités : procédures énonciatives et pragmatique poétique des formes hymniques / Claude Calame -- By x? Swearing oaths and naming deities in Classical Athens / Rebecca Van Hove -- La justice du sol : les noms divins dans les malédictions attiques au IVe-IIIe siècle avant notre ère / Thomas Galoppin -- Les noms divins dans la philosophie grecque : un cas d' "usure sémantique" / Nicoletta Di Vita -- Part III. Transmission and cross-cultural contexts. Divine epithets in the Greek Psalms : cultural accomodation and translatability / James K. Aitken -- Hecate Ereshkigal on the amulets, magical papyri and curse tablets of Late-Antique Egypt / Christopher A. Faraone -- "Ce ne sont que des noms" (Coran LIII/23) / Michel Tardieu.

Call Number

JFE 23-1417

ISBN

• 9789042947269
• 9042947268
• 9789042947276 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

• 2021277353
• 9789042947269

OCLC

1292464029

Title

Divine names on the spot : towards a dynamic approach of divine denominations in Greek and Semitic contexts / edited by Thomas Galoppin and Corinne Bonnet.

Publisher

Leuven : Peeters, 2021.

Copyright Date

©2021

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Series

Orbis biblicus et orientalis, 1015-1850 ; 293

Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 293.

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Language

7 English, 4 French contributions.

Added Author

Bonnet, Corinne, editor.

Galoppin, Thomas, 1986- editor.

Other Form:

9789042947276 e-book version

Other Standard Identifier

9789042947269

Research Call Number

JFE 23-1417