| Description |
xvi, 342 p. |
| Series |
Numen book series. Studies in the history of religions, 0169-8834 ; v. 123 |
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Studies in the history of religions ; 123.
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| Note |
Proceedings of a conference held in Dec. 2005. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [311]-335) and index. |
| Contents |
Wind and smoke : giving up the ghost of Enkidu, comprehending Enkidu's ghosts / Jerrold S. Cooper -- Belief and the dead in Pharaonic Egypt / Christopher J. Eyre -- Where have all the ghosts gone? : evolution of a concept in biblical literature / Sze-kar Wan -- Ghosts and responsibility : the Hebrew Bible, Confucius, Plato / Steven Shankman -- The Roman manes : the dead as gods / Charles W. King -- The ghostly troop and the battle over death : William of Auvergne (d. 1249) connects Christian, Old Norse, and Irish views / Alan E. Bernstein -- Ghosts of the European Enlightenment / Fernando Vidal -- Ghost, vampire, and scientific naturalism : observation and evidence in the supernatural fiction of Grant Allen, Bram Stoker and Arthur Conan Doyle / Shang-jen Li -- The cult of Vetala and Tantric fantasy / Po-chi Huang -- The culture of ghosts in the Six Dynasties period (c. 220-589 C.E.) / Mu-chou Poo -- Allegorical narrative in Six Dynasties anomaly tales : ghostly sightings and afterworld vengeance / Yuan-ju Liu -- Chinese ghosts : reconciling psychoanalytic, structuralist, and Marxian perspectives / P. Steven Sangren. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Ghosts -- Congresses.
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Spirits -- Congresses.
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Religions -- Congresses.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Pu, Muzhou.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004171527 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004171525 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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