Beyond Petra : nabataean cultic and mortuary practices and the cultural heritage of the Negev and Edom
Abstract: It is well known that the Nabataeans adopted and modified foreign cultic and funerary practices for their own religious purposes, particularly from the Greco-Roman and Egyptian worlds. However, their origins and precedents lie in the millennia-old cultural heritage of the peoples of the...
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Universidad de Jordania
2021
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| Sumario: | Abstract: It is well known that the Nabataeans adopted and modified foreign cultic and
funerary practices for their own religious purposes, particularly from the
Greco-Roman and Egyptian worlds. However, their origins and precedents lie
in the millennia-old cultural heritage of the peoples of the southern arid
margins of the Levant and northern Arabia. This paper will make a
reassessment of the Nabataean cultic and mortuary practices as they can be
seen in rural and desert sites outside Petra, analyzing them within the
background of their antecedents in southern Transjordan (ancient Edom) and
the Negev. Particular attention will be placed on two types of evidence: the
geographical distribution and evidences of re-visiting and re-use of extramural Nabataean shrines and burials; and Edomite archaizing features present
in the temple of Khirbet et-Tannur. Taking the evidence as a whole, it will be
concluded that the debate of a local vs. external origin of these Nabataean
cultic practices is a false dichotomy. |
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