The Routledge Companion to Ecstatic Experience in the Ancient World

by Karen Polinger Foster

Book Overview

For millennia, people have universally engaged in ecstatic experience as an essential element in ritual practice, spiritual belief and cultural identification. This volume offers the first systematic investigation of its myriad roles and manifestations in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East.

The twenty-nine contributors represent a broad range of scholarly disciplines, seeking answers to fundamental questions regarding the patterns and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1032108487
• ISBN13: 9781032108483
• Release Date: May 2024
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 536 Pages