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For Immediate Release
(April 9, 2009) The Armstrong Atlantic State University 2008-2009 Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series continues Friday, April 10, at 12:15 p.m. in University Hall 156 on the Armstrong Atlantic campus, 11935 Abercorn Street. The event is free and open to the public.
Jason Tatlock, assistant professor of history, will present the last lecture of the academic year, "Kindled Kin: Burning and Burying Children in Ancient Mediterranean Religions."
The extant archaeological and epigraphical sources testify to the importance of child sacrifice in several religious traditions found throughout the Mediterranean world, particularly in North Africa, Israel, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Both in literature and material culture, one encounters numerous instances in which children were either burned, buried or a combination thereof for the sake of religiosity. While there does exist some commonality in terms of the form and function of these divergent sacrifices, each immolation must be viewed in its chronological and geographical context in order to determine its precise purpose.
The lecture will explore the nature and significance of burning and/or burying children comparatively while emphasizing the individuality of child immolations in ancient Mediterranean religions.
For further information on the 2008-2009 Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series, call 912.344.2971.
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| Jason Tatlock, assistant professor of history, will present "Kindled Kin: Burning and Burying Children in Ancient Mediterranean Religions." |
Faculty Lecture Looks at Ancient Mediterranean Religions
(April 9, 2009) The Armstrong Atlantic State University 2008-2009 Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series continues Friday, April 10, at 12:15 p.m. in University Hall 156 on the Armstrong Atlantic campus, 11935 Abercorn Street. The event is free and open to the public.
Jason Tatlock, assistant professor of history, will present the last lecture of the academic year, "Kindled Kin: Burning and Burying Children in Ancient Mediterranean Religions."
The extant archaeological and epigraphical sources testify to the importance of child sacrifice in several religious traditions found throughout the Mediterranean world, particularly in North Africa, Israel, Egypt and Mesopotamia. Both in literature and material culture, one encounters numerous instances in which children were either burned, buried or a combination thereof for the sake of religiosity. While there does exist some commonality in terms of the form and function of these divergent sacrifices, each immolation must be viewed in its chronological and geographical context in order to determine its precise purpose.
The lecture will explore the nature and significance of burning and/or burying children comparatively while emphasizing the individuality of child immolations in ancient Mediterranean religions.
For further information on the 2008-2009 Robert I. Strozier Faculty Lecture Series, call 912.344.2971.