Divine names on the spot / edited by Thomas Galoppin and Corinne Bonnet.

Other author Bonnet, Corinne, editor.
Other author Galoppin, Thomas, 1986- editor.
Other author Porzia, Fabio, 1984- editor.
Format Book
PublicationLeuven : Peeters, 2021.
PublicationLeuven : Peeters, 2023.
Copyright Date©2021
Copyright Date©2023
Descriptionvolumes : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesOrbis biblicus et orientalis, 1015-1850 ; 299
Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 293. ^A690927
Orbis biblicus et orientalis ; 299. ^A690927
Contents [Volume] 1. Towars a dynamic approach of divine denominations in Greek and semitic contexts -- [volume] 2. Exploring the potentials of names through images and narratives.
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.
Contents I. Manipulating the divine -- The God El and Levantine mythology in the war scroll from Qumran / Jonathan Ben-Dov -- Les dieux des tophets: Baal Hammon, tinnit es les autres. Formules onomastiques et images / Bruno D'Andrea -- Manipulations d'Hécaergé: dynamique de l'étiologie des noms divins chez Antoninus Liberalis / Charles Delattre -- II. Crossing registers of communication -- Names and images of God Qos and the question of Yahweh's Doppelgänger / Juan Manuel Tebes -- Panthéon en mouvement: jeux et enjeux de la nomination des divinités féminines dans les représentations attiques / Cécile Jubier-Galinier -- Appropriation and bricolage of divine images: The case of the Signa Panthea, names and artefacts for "condensed" gods / Ginevra Benedetti -- III. Challenging old and new names -- The enigma of Baal-Zebub: A new solution / Christian Frevel -- Half a century after Culican's "Dea Tyria Gravida": New perspectives on the most popular Phoenician terracotta type / Barbara Bolognani -- Greek perceptions of the origins of the herm: Images and narratives / S. Rececca Martin -- Iconisme et aniconisme dans les représentations religieuses au Proche-Orient ancien: une stratégie? / Astrid Nunn.
Abstract '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.' --Provided by publisher
Abstract 'Names, images, and narratives are intimately related and frequently polysemous. As pieces of information on the gods, they convey fragments of knowledge and attempts to interpret the multifaceted complexity of the divine world. In what Robert Parker describes as an "archipelago", images and narratives are like compasses used to approach the mapping of the gods. The different contributions collected in this volume, dealing with the Greek and the Semitic worlds (the two main areas of the "Mapping Ancient Polytheisms" project), explore connections but also discrepancies between these different semantics, in order to highlight specificities and commonalities in the onomastic and iconographic languages.' --Provided by publisher
General noteThird set of papers in preparations.
General noteVolume 2 edited by Fabio Porzia and Corinne Bonnet.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and indexes.
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Genre/formActes de congrès.
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