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SUMMARY:DAY TWO: Cult Practices in Ancient Literatures: Egyptian\, Near Eastern and Graeco-Roman Narratives in a Cross-Cultural Perspective
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DESCRIPTION:Heroic stories and novels\, tales\, travel fictions and wi
 sdom texts in the ancient world\, from Egypt to Greece\, from Anatolia
  to Rome\, they contained rituals\, magic and divination. In this two-
 day workshop on May 16-17\, 2016\, we will discuss phenomena of such c
 ult practices and their functions in regard to ritual and literary stu
 dies. Topics include secret knowledge\, presentations of the divine an
 d of fate\, sacred justice and practitioners of cult practices as prot
 agonists in the narratives.
LOCATION:ISAW Lecture Hall
CONTACT:isaw@nyu.edu
CLASS:PUBLIC
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