Temples of the Ancient World
Author | : Donald W. Parry |
Publisher | : Shadow Mountain |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Middle East |
ISBN | : 9780875798110 |
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Author | : Donald W. Parry |
Publisher | : Shadow Mountain |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1994 |
Genre | : Middle East |
ISBN | : 9780875798110 |
Author | : Miroslav Verner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 625 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9774165632 |
Despite the prominence of ancient temples in the landscape of Egypt, books about them are surprisingly rare; this new and essential publication from a prominent Czech scholar answers the need for a study that goes beyond temple architecture to examine the spiritual, economic and political aspects of these specific institutions and the dominant roles they played. Miroslav Verner presents a deeper and more complex study of major ancient Egyptian religious centers, their principal temples, their rise and decline, their religious doctrines, cults, rituals, feasts, and mysteries. Also discussed are the various categories of priests, the organization of the priesthood, and its daily services and customs. Each chapter offers the reader essential and up-to-date information about temple complexes and the history of their archaeological exploration, in the context of the spiritual dimension and cultural legacy of ancient Egypt.
Author | : Michael Kerrigan |
Publisher | : Amber Books |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2021-11-02 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781838860943 |
Organized by continent, Amazing Temples of the World offers the reader an intimate portrait of some spectacular and unusual places of worship dating from the fourth millennium BCE to the present. Ornate or spartan, immense or intimate, from the Middle East to California, this book features such impressive places of worship as the Mahabhodi Temple, India, built in the location where Buddha is thought to have achieved enlightenment; the fifth-century BCE Temple of Confucius in Qufu, China, the largest Confucian temple in the world; Abu Simbel, in southern Egypt, the great carved monument to the Pharaoh Ramses II; the Golden Temple in Amritsar, Punjab, the spiritual home of the world's 25 million Sikhs; and the Shri Swaminarayan Temple in Neasden, London, the biggest Hindu temple outside India. Illustrated with 180 photographs, Amazing Temples of the World includes more than 150 places of worship, from Ancient Greece and Rome, through traditional synagogues to modern Buddhist, Taoist, and Sikh temples.
Author | : Antony Spawforth |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 240 |
Release | : 2006-01-01 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9780500051429 |
An all-encompassing portrait of the design and architectural elements of ancient Greek monuments summarizes the latest thinking on temple building while offering insight into the historical and cultural contexts of key constructions, in a volume complemented by a gazetteer of all known colonnaded temples.
Author | : Michael B. Hundley |
Publisher | : Society of Biblical Literature |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013 |
Genre | : Architecture |
ISBN | : 9781589839182 |
In this book devoted exclusively to temples and perceptions of the divine presences that inhabit them, Michael B. Hundley focuses on the official religions of the ancient Near East and explores the interface between the human and the divine within temple environs. Hundley identifies common ancient Near Eastern temple systems and examines issues that include what temple structures communicate, how temples were understood to function, temple ideology, the installation of divine presence in a temple, the connection between presence and physical representation, and human service to the deity. Drawing on architectural and spatial theory, ritual theory, theories of language, art history, archaeology, sociocultural anthropology, and comparative studies, Hundley offers a single interpretive lens through which to view temple worship. Features: A close examination of temples in Egypt, Mesopotamia, Hittite Anatolia, and Syria-Palestine An interdisciplinary treatment of architecture, language, ritual, and art A dual focus on how a deity's divine presence connects to space and art and how human service to the deity maintains the deity's active presence
Author | : Ludmila Henkova |
Publisher | : Albatros Media |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2021-10-12 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 9788000061344 |
The Colossus of Rhodes, the majestic Pyramids of Giza, the Lighthouse of Alexandria, the spellbinding Statue of Zeus at Olympia, the breathtaking Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, the Mausoleum at Halicarnassus, the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. Just one of them survives today. But with the book How the Wonders of the World Were Built you can go back in time and learn the secrets of how these gems of ancient architecture were created. They shine from the past... and their light is not diminishing. The gems of antiquity are proof of human endeavours to cope with the wonders of nature. People have always wanted more: to improve existing process and methods and find new opportunities. They want to create something new, something that evokes a feeling of amazement and admiration. A masterpiece that will provide the creators with immortality and fame during their lives.
Author | : Marty E. Stevens |
Publisher | : Baker Academic |
Total Pages | : 221 |
Release | : 2006-11 |
Genre | : Business & Economics |
ISBN | : 0801047773 |
Introductory matters -- Temple construction -- Temple personnel -- Temple income -- Temple expenses -- Temple as "bank" -- Concluding matters.
Author | : Orville Sinon |
Publisher | : Independently Published |
Total Pages | : 150 |
Release | : 2021-09-04 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : |
A temple is a building reserved for religious or spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. The term is typically used for such buildings belonging to all faiths where a more specific term such as a church, mosque, or synagogue is not generally used in English. These include Hinduism, Buddhism, Sikhism, and Jainism among religions with many modern followers, as well as other ancient religions such as Ancient Egyptian religion. This book is a collection of the author's reflections of her travels to different temples and temple towns over time in India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Indonesia, Myanmar, Egypt, etc. The author has attempted to understand spiritual spaces from the cultural tourism perspective. A helpful read for the off-beat traveler, this book contains an interesting account of the known and lesser-known temples and religious sites.
Author | : William Hamblin |
Publisher | : Thames and Hudson |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2007-06-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
The only up-to-date illustrated account of one of the most intriguing and influential buildings in history. The Temple of Solomon has been the focus of profound spiritual reverence for over three thousand years. From its Bronze Age antecedents in the portable shrines of nomadic tribes, through countless permutations in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the idea of the Temple of Solomon—a place of communion between God and man—has proven endlessly alluring. The sacred building itself was destroyed more than once, on the last occasion by the Romans in AD 70, yet the great church of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, the Dome of the Rock in Jerusalem, the headquarters of the Templars, and numerous medieval cathedrals were all conceived as symbolic re-creations of Solomon's original. Medieval magicians practiced magic to harness the demons who were believed to have constructed the Temple, and mystics of all faiths had visions of a celestial Temple, mirroring that on earth, where divine secrets would be revealed. Solomon's Temple draws on holy texts and mystic writings, works of art and architecture, modern reconstructions, and photographs to reveal the myriad ways in which the Temple and the sacred ground on which it stood have inspired mankind through the ages. 200 illustrations, 130 in color.
Author | : Stephen D. Ricks |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 311 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Moyen-Orient - Religion - Bibliographie |
ISBN | : 9780889460850 |