Economics of Religion in the Mycenaean World

Economics of Religion in the Mycenaean World
Author: Lisa Maria Bendall
Publisher: Oxford University School of Ar
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2007
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

The Mycenaean Linear B tablets include numerous references to religion, such as details of offerings, banqueting foodstuffs or land-tenure relating to cult personnel. While contributing significantly to our understanding of early Greek religion, the documents are exclusively economic and administrative records and the limitations of such sources have long been recognised. Few attempts have been made, however, to analyse the purely economic information about religion we do have in Linear B. Such analysis is essential to understanding the place of religion in Mycenaean palace society. This book asks a simple but important question: What proportion of the resources available to the palaces was directed towards support for religion? Price approx.

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Library Catalog
Author: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.). Library
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Total Pages: 1008
Release: 1960
Genre: Art
ISBN:

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Total Pages: 982
Release: 1975
Genre: Academic libraries
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