Coming back to life : the permeability of past and present, mortality and immortality, death and life in the ancient Mediterranean

• Hoofdauteur: Frederick S. Tappenden (auth)
• Andere auteurs: Carly Daniel-Hughes (auth)
• Formaat: Elektronisch Hoofdstuk
• Taal: Engels
• Gepubliceerd in: McGill University Library & Archives 2017
• Onderwerpen: Religion & beliefs; Antiquities; Future Life; Mediterranean Region
• Online toegang: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

The lines between death and life were neither fixed nor finite to the peoples of the ancient Mediterranean. For most, death was a passageway into a new and uncertain existence, and many perceived the deceased to continue to exercise agency among the living. Even for those more skeptical of an afterl...