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Asia Minor
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[German Version] I. Geography – II. History – III. Society – IV. Religions – V. Literature
I. Geography “Asia Minor” serves as the historical designation of the peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea; its eastern boundary is marked by the Amanus, the Anti-Taurus, and the upper reaches of the Euphrates (Turkey). To the north and south, coastal mountain ranges (t…
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Religion Past and Present
Syria
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I. Geography Greek Συρία/
Syría is an abbreviated form of ’Ασσυρία/
Assyría (“Assyria”); Greek and Latin manuscripts often use the two terms indiscriminately. Initially
Syría, corresponding to the Persian satrapy of ʿEbar-naharā, denoted the region between Egypt and Asia Minor, including the area east of the Euphrates, which was called Mesopotamia after Alexander’s campaign. After the time of the Seleucids, Syria, with the Euphrates now marking its eastern border, was divided into northern
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Religion Past and Present
Rite and Ritual
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I. Religious Studies
1. The terms The terms rite and ritual are often used synonymously, both in daily speech and in the specialized language of religious studies, leading to a lack of clarity. “Rite” is etymologically related to Sanskrit
ṛta, “right, order, truth, custom,” and may thus be regarded as the “smallest” building block of a ritual, which can be defined as a complex series of actions in a (logical) functional …
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Religion Past and Present