Danza sagrada en el mundo antiguo

 

Contenido:

CHAPTER I

INTRODUCTORY

I. THE IMPORTANCE OF THE SACRED DANCE

II. THE MEANING OF THE SACRED DANCE

III. THE REASON FOR USING THE OLD TESTAMENT AS THE STARTING-POINT IN THE INVESTIGATION

IV. THE SOURCES OF INFORMATION:(1) Inscriptions(2) ‘Pottery, etc.'(3) Ancient Literature(4) Modern Literature

 

CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN AND PURPOSES OF THE SACRED DANCE

I. THE ORIGIN OF THE SACRED DANCE

II. THE PURPOSES OF THE SACRED DANCE

 

CHAPTER III THE SACRED DANCE AMONG THE ISRAELITES

I. THE SACRED DANCE AMONG THE ISRAELITES

II. TYPES OF THE SACRED DANCE AMONG THE ISRAELITES:
(1) The sacred processional dance
(2) The encircling of a sacred object
(3) The ecstatic dance
(4) Sacred dances at Vintage and Harvest Festivals
(5) Dances in celebration of victory
(6) The sacred dance as a Circumcision rite
(7) The sacred dance as a Marriage rite
(8) The sacred dance as a Burial Mourning rite’

 

CHAPTER IV THE OLD TESTAMENT TERMS FOR ‘DANCING’

I. CONSIDERATION OF SOME HEBREW ROOTS

II. THE MUSICAL ACCOMPANIMENT TO DANCING’

 

CHAPTER V THE SACRED PROCESSIONAL DANCE, AND DANCES IN HONOUR OF SUPERNATURAL POWERS’

I. THE SACRED PROCESSIONAL DANCE AMOUNG ISRAELITES

II. ‘AMONG THE SYRIANS AND ARABS, AND OTHER SEMITES’

III. AMONG THE HITTITES

IV. AMONG THE EGYPTIANS

V. AMONG THE GREEKS

VI. AMONG THE ROMANS

VII. AMONG ASIATIC PEOPLES

VIII. AMONG UNCULTURED RACES

SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS

 

CHAPTER VI THE RITUAL DANCE ROUND A SACRED OBJECT

I. AMONG THE ISRAELITES

II. AMONG OTHER SEMITES

III. AMONG THE GREEKS

IV. AMONG THE ROMANS

V. AMONG UNCULTURED RACESSUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS

 

CHAPTER VII THE ECSTATIC DANCE

I. AMONG THE ISRAELITES

II. AMONG OTHER SEMITES

III. AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS

IV. AMONG UNCULTURED RACESSUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS’

 

CHAPTER VIII THE SACRED DANCE AT VINTAGE, HARVEST, AND OTHER FESTIVALS ‘

I. THE ISRAELITE FEASTS

II. CIRCUMCISION FEASTS AMONG THE SEMITES

III. THE SACRED DANCE AT EGYPTIAN FESTIVALS

IV. THE SACRED DANCE AT GREEK FESTIVALS

V. THE SACRED DANCE AT ROMAN FESTIVALS

VI. THE SACRED DANCE AT FESTIVALS AMONG UNCULTURED RACES

SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS

 

CHAPTER IX DANCES IN CELEBRATION OF VICTORY

I. AMONG THE ISRAELITES

II. THE ORIGINAL PURPOSE OF THIS TYPE OF DANCE AMONG UNCULTURED RACES

SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS

CHAPTER X THE SACRED DANCE AS A MARRIAGE RITE

I. ‘AMONG THE ISRAELITES, THE ‘DANCE OF MAHA

II. AMONG SOME UNCULTURED RACES

III. SOME FURTHER PURPOSES OF THIS TYPE OF DANCE

SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS

 

CHAPTER XI DANCING AS A MOURNING AND BURIAL RITE

I. THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THIS TYPE OF DANCE

II. THE RITE AMONG MEDIÆVAL AND MODERN JEWS

III. ‘THE RITE AMONG THE EGYPTIANS, ANCIENT AND MODERN’

IV. THE RITE AMONG THE GREEKS AND ROMANS

V. THE RITE AMONG UNCULTURED RACES

SUMMARY AND CONSIDERATIONS

 

INDEX

Peso	0,28 kg
Dimensiones	21 × 13 × 2 cm

ISBN:	9780486424941
Páginas:	256
Idioma:	Inglés
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