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The Pagan world : Ancient religions before Christianity Cover Image DVD DVD

The Pagan world : Ancient religions before Christianity

Mueller, Hans-Friedrich, 1959- (lecturer.). Teaching Company. (Added Author).

Summary: Take a close behind-the-scenes look at religion and life in the ancient Mediterranean to see how early pagan religions helped shape the world as we know it.

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  • ISBN: 9781629978567
  • ISBN: 1629978566
  • Physical Description: videodisc
    4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 247 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm).
  • Publisher: Chantilly, Va. : Teaching Co., [2020]

Contents / Notes

General Note:
The accompanying course guidebook includes bibliographical references.
ID2852A-01.
24 lectures (30 min. each) on 4 videodiscs.
Formatted Contents Note: disc 1. Early Pagan religion in Mesopotamia -- The Rigveda and the Gods of Ancient India -- State religion in Ancient Egypt -- From myth to religion: The Olympian deities -- Household and local gods in Ancient Greece -- Feeding the gods: sacrificial religion -- disc 2. Prayers, vows, divination and omens -- Delphi and other Greek sanctuaries -- Cults and mystery religions -- Philosophical critiques of Paganism -- Greek funerary practices and the Afterlife -- Egyptian influences on Ancient religion -- disc 3. Ancient Roman ancestor worship -- Gods of the Roman household -- Gods of the Roman state -- Priests and ceremonies in the Roman Republic -- Religion, politics and war in Rome -- Rome's reactions to foreign religions -- disc 4. The Roman calendar and sacred days -- Julius Caesar: a turning point in Roman religion -- Emperor worship in Rome -- Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians -- Justinian and the demise of paganism.
Participant or Performer Note: Hans-Friedrich Mueller, lecturer.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.

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