Temple in society / edited by Michael V. Fox
1988, 1st edition. Winona Lake : Eisenbrauns. Near fine library copy in the original gilt-blocked cloth. Slightest suggestion only of dust-dulling to the spine bands and panel edges. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Item #396858
ISBN: 0931464382
Physical description; vi, 138 pages ; 24 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references (137-138). Contents; The temple in Sumerian literature / Samuel Noah Kramer -- Temple and community in ancient Israel / Menahem Haran -- The meaning and function of the temple in classical Greece / Walter Burkert -- The Hindu temple and Indian society / C.J. Fuller -- Mesoamerican temples / Gary M. Feinman -- Temples and shrines in Japan / Winston Davis -- The temple in image and reality / David M. Knipe. Subjects; Temples ; Comparative studies. Culto. Religión y Sociedad. Temples Études comparatives. 11.09 systematic religious studies: other. Temples. Temples ; Comparative studies. Temples ; Comparative studies. Temples Comparative studies.
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