This collection of studies had its origin in the Burdick-Vary Symposium of 1986, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The symposium, sponsored jointly by the Institute for Research in the Humanities and the Hebrew Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focused on the topic of the social role of temples in society. Participants presented the role of the temple in Sumer, Japan, the Far East, the Near East, Europe, and Meso-America. Together they sought to determine whether the temple as an institution was ...
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This collection of studies had its origin in the Burdick-Vary Symposium of 1986, held at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The symposium, sponsored jointly by the Institute for Research in the Humanities and the Hebrew Department of the University of Wisconsin-Madison, focused on the topic of the social role of temples in society. Participants presented the role of the temple in Sumer, Japan, the Far East, the Near East, Europe, and Meso-America. Together they sought to determine whether the temple as an institution was a single such entity, meeting fundamental human needs in similar ways throughout history, or whether the temples of various cultures are similar only in the fact that English uses the same word to refer to them.
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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. 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.
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138. Hardcover with dust jacket. Previous owner's stamp on lower edge of text and ffep with blind stamp on title page. Otherwise handsome copy! Very good condition.
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Like New. Size: 6x0x10; [The social role of temples in society] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Owner's name on front end page, else unmarked. vi, 138 pages; 24 cm.
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