Coming back to life the permeability of past and present, mortality and immortality, death and life in the ancient Mediterranean

The lines between death and life were neither fixed nor finite to the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean. For most, death was a passageway into a new and uncertain existence, and many perceived the deceased to continue to exercise agency among the living. Even for those more skeptical of an afterl...

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Otros Autores: Daniel-Hughes, Carly, 1974- editor (editor), Tappenden, Frederick S, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: McGill University Library & Archives 2017
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Sumario:The lines between death and life were neither fixed nor finite to the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean. For most, death was a passageway into a new and uncertain existence, and many perceived the deceased to continue to exercise agency among the living. Even for those more skeptical of an afterlife, notions of
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