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Syllabus 2013-14 - 12413005 - History of Religions and Political Thought in Ancient Times (Historia de las religiones y del pensamiento político en la antigüedad)
- Level 1: Tutorial support sessions, materials and exams in this language
- Level 2: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams and seminars in this language
- Level 3: Tutorial support sessions, materials, exams, seminars and regular lectures in this language
| DEGREE: | Grado en Geografía e historia |
| FACULTY: | FACULTY OF HUMAN SCIENCES AND EDUCATION |
| ACADEMIC YEAR: | 2013-14 |
| COURSE: | History of Religions and Political Thought in Ancient Times |
| NAME: History of Religions and Political Thought in Ancient Times | |||||
| CODE: 12413005 | ACADEMIC YEAR: 2013-14 | ||||
| LANGUAGE: English | LEVEL: 3 | ||||
| ECTS CREDITS: 6.0 | YEAR: 4 | SEMESTER: SC | |||
Concepts, methods and sources of the discipline.
The Egyptian religion.
Conceptual issues that support the monarchy in Ancient Egypt.
The religion in Mesopotamia.
The evolution of the vision of the ruler in Mesopotamia.
Common religious elements of the Indoeuropean peoples, The Hitite religion. The Mazdeism.
Common religious elements of the peoples in the Levant. The religion of Israel. The Phoenician religion.
The Olimpic Greek religion.
Mysteric cults in Ancient Greece.
The Roman religion.
Evolution of the politic thought in Rome.
The appearance of the oriental cults in the Empire: the mithraism and christianism.
Religion and thought in the Late Antiquity.
Each theme will be followed by a practice activity, that, in the case of the present subject, will focus on the analysis of ancient texts related to the theoretical theme studied before.
The colective tutorship will organised at the end of each week, after self repassing the theoretical and practical contents by the student, once he/she has askes his/her questions and have expressed his/her reflexions before the lecturer and fellows.
Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support
The student marks will be the result of a theoretical-practical exam, shich will be up to the 70% of the mark and will be completed with the notes of the teacher (10%) and a personal essay, which will be evaluated according to its quality of references, its originality and structure.
- Living With the Dead: Ancestor Worship and Mortuary Ritual in Ancient Egypt . Edition: -. Author: Nicola Harrington. Publisher: Oxbow Books. (Library)
- Journey to the West: The World of the Old Kingdom Tombs in Ancient Egypt . Edition: -. Author: M. Barta. Publisher: Czech Institute of Egyptology (Library)
- Hathor Rising: The Power of the Goddess in Ancient Egyp. Edition: -. Author: Alison Roberts. Publisher: Inner Traditions (Library)
- Religion and Magic in Ancient Egypt . Edition: -. Author: Rosalie David. Publisher: Penguin Books (Library)
- The Egyptian Amduat: The Book of the Hidden Chamber . Edition: -. Author: Erik Hornung. Publisher: Daimon Verlag (Library)
- The Old Testament: Text and Context. Edition: -. Author: Victor H Matthews. Publisher: Baker Academic (Library)
- Old Testament Parallels (New Revised and Expanded Third Edition): Laws and Stories from the Ancient Near East . Edition: -. Author: Victor Harold Matthews. Publisher: Paulist Press
- Temple of the World: Sanctuaries, Cults, and Mysteries of Ancient Egypt. Edition: -. Author: Miroslav Verner. Publisher: The American University in Cairo Press (Library)
- Akhenaten and the Religion of Light. Edition: -. Author: Erik Hornung. Publisher: Cornell University Press (Library)
- Sacred Landscapes in Ancient Egypt . Edition: -. Author: Steven Snape. Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic (Library)
- A Reader of Ancient Near Eastern Texts: Sources for the Study of the Old Testament . Edition: -. Author: Michael D. Coogan. Publisher: Oxford University Press (Library)
- Ancient Near Eastern Thought and the Old Testament: Introducing the Conceptual World of the Hebrew Bible . Edition: -. Author: John H. Walton. Publisher: Baker Academic (Library)
- God's Wife, God's Servant: The God's Wife of Amun (ca.740-525 BC) . Edition: -. Author: Mariam F. Ayad. Publisher: Routledge (Library)
- Egyptian Mythology: A Guide to the Gods, Goddesses, and Traditions of Ancient Egypt . Edition: -. Author: Geraldine Pinch. Publisher: OUP (Library)
- The Shabti Collections 4: Stockport Museums . Edition: -. Author: Glenn Janes. Publisher: Olicar House (Library)
- The Shabti Collections: 5: A Selection from the Manchester Museum . Edition: -. Author: Glenn Janes. Publisher: Olicar House (Library)