The paper aims at exploring the many facets and uses of divine names incontexts. It provides a typology to clarify“what does a divine name do”: spatialize,describe, appropriate, connect, and praise/exalt. Some case studies shed light on eachfunction of divine names.

Introduction. What Does a Divine Name Do?

Bonnet, Corinne
2024

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The paper aims at exploring the many facets and uses of divine names incontexts. It provides a typology to clarify“what does a divine name do”: spatialize,describe, appropriate, connect, and praise/exalt. Some case studies shed light on eachfunction of divine names.
2024
Settore M-STO/06 - Storia delle Religioni
Settore HIST-04/A - Storia delle religioni
What’s in a Divine Name? Religious Systems and Human Agency in the Ancient Mediterranean
De Gruyter
nomi divini; rituali; configurazioni; pantheon; azione divina
   Mapping Ancient Polytheisms Cult Epithets as an Interface between Religious Systems and Human Agency
   MAP
   European Commission
   Horizon 2020 Framework Programme
   741182
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