Wine & Wine Offering In The Religion Of Ancient Egypt

Wine & Wine Offering In The Religion Of Ancient Egypt
Author: Mu-chou Poo
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2013-12-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317793102

First published in 1995. Striking a niche among an intensely studied literary civilization, this title assesses the meaning of wine and wine offering in the context of Egyptian religion by presenting observations about the implication of this study for the study of Egyptian religion in general. Ancient Egypt has yielded the outlines of its religious, political, economic, and social institutions. Yet, we know relatively little of the actual process through which an object of daily life, such as wine, was integrated into the religious system. Scholars have studied various ritual offerings in Egyptian religion and clarified the religious significance of the offering objects. This title aims to fill a gap in knowledge in a similar fashion.

Women of Wine

Women of Wine
Author: Ann B. Matasar
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 265
Release: 2006-06-27
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0520240510

Draws on interviews with dozens of leading women winemakers, estate owners, professors, sommeliers, wine writers, and others in the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Australia, and New Zealand. This book considers issues of importance to women throughout the business world including mentors, networking, marriage, family, and more.

Communal Holiness in the Gospel of John

Communal Holiness in the Gospel of John
Author: Musa Victor Mdabuleni Kunene
Publisher: Langham Monographs
Total Pages: 267
Release: 2012-06-14
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 1907713239

In this book the author contends that communal holiness is the central theme of the vine metaphor in John 15:1-17. Illumination of the Johannine vine metaphor is illustrated by drawing on background information on the vine and its metaphorical usage in the Ancient Near East, Old Testament, and Second Temple Period and to suggest understanding in light of the communal holiness of the covenant people of God. Comparing the themes of holiness and corporateness pertinent to the covenant the book also reflects the covenant with Israel in relation to John’s understanding of the people of God. The notion of covenant, which embraces reference to the people of God as vine/vineyard in the Old Testament and Second Temple Period, underlies John’s vine metaphor. The book focuses research on ANE viticulture to determine the context(s) of when the vine was used to refer to Israel in a covenant relationship with God. In this historical context the Johannine vine metaphor receive fresh meaning and relevance for the people of God.

Alcohol in World History

Alcohol in World History
Author: Gina Hames
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 178
Release: 2014-08-21
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317548698

From the origins of drinking to the use and abuse of alcohol in the present day, this global historical study draws on approaches and research from biology, anthropology, sociology and psychology. Topics covered include: the impact of colonialism alcohol before the world economy industrialization and alcohol globalization, consumer society, and alcohol. Gina Hames argues that the production, trade, consumption, and regulation of alcohol have shaped virtually every civilization in numerous ways. It has perpetuated the development of both domestic and international trade; helped create identity and define religion; provided a tool for oppression as well as a tool for cultural and political resistance; and has supplied governments with essential revenues as well as a means of control over minority groups. Alcohol in World History is one of the first studies to pull together such a wide range of sources in order to compare the role of alcohol throughout time and across both western and non-western civilizations.

Gods Priests & Men

Gods Priests & Men
Author: Lloyd
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 466
Release: 2012-11-12
Genre: History
ISBN: 1136153942

First Published in 1998. This volume brings together for the first time in a single volume the highly significant works on ancient Egyptian religion by Aylward Manley Blackman (1883-1956). Blackman's knowledge of Egyptian religion was unrivalled. He was best known for his series of studies on Egyptian religion which have long been regarded as essential reading in the subject, and which forms the content of the present collection. Unusually, Blackman did not publish his writings in book form, but preferred to place them in a wide range of publications that are extremely difficult to obtain. Blackman's studies on Egyptian religious belief and particularly religious practice focus on areas of fundamental concern and are models of meticulous, sympathetic and penetrating scholarship. They should remain required reading for all students of Egyptian religion well into the next century. All those with an interest in the subject should welcome this volume which makes Blackman's writings accessible in a convenient form. A select bibliography provides an update and key to more recent work on topics discussed by Blackman.

In Search of Personal Welfare

In Search of Personal Welfare
Author: Mu-chou Poo
Publisher: SUNY Press
Total Pages: 358
Release: 1998-01-29
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9780791436301

The first major reassessment of ancient Chinese religion to appear in recent years, this book presents the religious mentality of the period through personal and daily experiences.

Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions

Rethinking Ghosts in World Religions
Author: Muzhou Pu
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2009
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 9004171525

The central theme of this volume is to re-examine the received concepts and images of ghosts in various religious cultures ranging from the Ancient Near East and Egypt to the Old Testament, the Classical Era, Early Medieval and Early Modern Europe, Early India, and Medieval China. As a religious phenomenon, the realm of ghosts has been less studied than the realm of the divine. Through a collaborative effort by scholars from different disciplines, this volume proposes a multi-cultural approach to construct a wider and complicated picture of the phenomenon of ghosts and spirits in human societies and to have a grasp of the various problems involved in understanding the phenomenon of ghost.