Description: The Sacred BodyMaterializing the Divine Through Human Remains in AntiquityEdited by Nicola LaneriThe human body serves as a symbolic bridge between communities of the living and the divine. This is clearly evident in mythological stories that recount the creation of humans by deities within ancient and contemporaneous societies across a very broad geographical environment.In certain circumstances, parts of selected humans can become an ideal proxy for connecting with the supernatural, as demonstrated by the cult of human skulls in Near Eastern Neolithic communities, as well as the cult of relics of Christian saints from the early Christian era.To go deeper into this topic, this volume aims to undertake a cross-cultural investigation of the role played by both humans and human remains in creating forms of relationality with the divine in antiquity. Such an approach will highlight how the human body can be envisioned as part of a broader materialization of religious beliefs that is based on connecting different realms of materiality in the perception of the supernatural by communities of the living. Publisher : Oxbow Books (June 14, 2021) Language : English Hardcover : 160 pages ISBN-10 : 178925518X ISBN-13 : 9781789255188
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Book Title: The Sacred Body
Topic: Ancient World, Archaeology, Religions of the Ancient World
Format: Hardcover
Author: Nicola Laneri
Book Series: Materiality and Religion in Antiquity
Publication Year: 2021
Language: English
Publisher: Oxbow Books
Genre: History
