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Dying and Rising Godsa detailed critique of the scholarly consensus! Tammuz, Osiris, Baal, and Adonis are well-known from J.G. Frazers Golden Bough. These gods have been a hotly debated issue for a whole century. During the 1990s, a consensus developed to the effect that the dying and rising gods died but did not return or rise to new life. In the first monograph on the whole issue subsequent to the studies by Frazer and Baudissin, professor Tryggve N.D. Mettinger offers a detailed critique of this position. The work is based on a fresh perusal of the source material from the ancient Near East, the Greco-Roman world, and Egypt. It profits from new finds of great importance. Modern theory in comparative religion and anthropology on the nature of rite and myth informs the discussion. The author concludes that Dumuzi, Baal, and Melqart were dying and rising gods already in pre-Christian times and that Adonis and Eshmun may well have been so too. After his magisterial presentation of the ancient Near Eastern and Mediterranean material, the author provides some succinct notes on the resurrection of Jesus in the light of his findings.The author, Tryggve N.D. Mettinger, is professor of Hebrew Bible at Lund University, Sweden, and a member of the Royal Academy of Letters, History and Antiquities, Stockholm.

In 11 comprehensive essays and over 500 encyclopedic entries an international cast of experts provides the latest scholarship and fresh perspectives on the history and culture of late antiquity an era marked by the rise of two world religions unprecedented political upheavals and the creation of art of enduring glory

This is the first volume specifically dedicated to the consolidation and clarification of Heritage Studies as a distinct field with its own means of investigation. It presents the range of methods that can be used and illustrates their application through case studies from different parts of the world, including the UK and USA. The challenge that the collection makes explicit is that Heritage Studies must develop a stronger recognition of the scope and nature of its data and a concise yet explorative understanding of its analytical methods.The methods considered fall within three broad categories: textual/discourse analysis, methods for investigating peoples attitudes and behaviour; and methods for exploring the material qualities of heritage. The methods discussed and illustrated range from techniques such as text analysis, interviews, participant observation, to semiotic analysis of heritage sites and the use of GIS. Each paper discusses the ways in which methods used in social analysis generally are explored and adapted to the specific demands that arise when applied to the investigation of heritage in its many forms.Heritage Studies is a seminal volume that will help to define the field. The global perspective and the shared focus upon the development of reflexive methodologies ensure that the volume explores these central issues in a manner that is simultaneously case-specific and of general relevance.

Im Lauf des 12. Jahrhunderts hat das Lehnswesen seinen Charakter fundamental verandert: Ein lockeres Bundel von Rechtsgewohnheiten entwickelte sich zu einem komplexen Ordnungssystem. Der Band untersucht diesen Prozess erstmals auf breiter empirischer Grundlage fur das Heilige Romische Reich im Hochmittelalter. Die einzelnen Beitrage hinterfragen die Konstrukte der Historiker zum Lehnswesen, analysieren Urkunden und andere Quellengruppen aus dem Raum zwischen Nordsee und Mittelmeer und fragen danach, inwieweit gesellschaftliche Phanomene und politische Ereignisse mit dem herkommlichen Modell vom Lehnswesen adaquat erfasst werden konnen. In der Summe ergibt sich eine neue Sicht auf einen epochalen Wandel in der mittelalterlichen Herrschaftsorganisation.

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