EPISODE · Aug 29, 2024 · 1H 15M
S1E33: How Middle East empires ushered in monotheism and ended polytheism.
from Scholars Unravel Middle East · host Adel Aali, History Behind News Program
►Before Monotheism, what were the big religions of the ancient Middle East? ►What are the 4 constitutive elements of religion? ►In polytheism, there is no individual choice or belief. Regardless, polytheism is tolerant. ►Does the term 'religion' make sense in the context of Ancient Middle East? ►Does the term God make sense in the context of Ancient Middle East? ►Monotheism is very much tide to the rise of empires - particularly the first major empire: the Persians! ►How did polytheism die out? What happened to all the gods? 🚩About my guest: Dr. Beate Pongratz-Leisten is a professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Institute For the Study of the Ancient World at New York University - NYU. 📽️Subscribe to our YouTube channel 🖱️Support Our Program: We appreciate your financial support of our program, for any amount you like. And thank you. Adel Aali Host, Unravelling the Middle East Host, History Behind News Podcast 🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
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►Before Monotheism, what were the big religions of the ancient Middle East? ►What are the 4 constitutive elements of religion? ►In polytheism, there is no individual choice or belief. Regardless, polytheism is tolerant. ►Does the term 'religion' make sense in the context of Ancient Middle East? ►Does the term God make sense in the context of Ancient Middle East? ►Monotheism is very much tide to the rise of empires - particularly the first major empire: the Persians! ►How did polytheism die out? What happened to all the gods? 🚩About my guest: Dr. Beate Pongratz-Leisten is a professor of Ancient Near Eastern Studies at the Institute For the Study of the Ancient World at New York University - NYU. 📽️Subscribe to our YouTube channel 🖱️Support Our Program: We appreciate your financial support of our program, for any amount you like. And thank you. Adel Aali Host, Unravelling the Middle East Host, History Behind News Podcast 🎶Music attributions: 1. Opening and closing music of the program: Santur: Peyman Heydarian playing on the Santur some Iranian music. Recorded with a Sony PCM-D50 at the School of Oriental and African Studies of London on April 7th 2011. Music available on at https://freesound.org/people/xserra/sounds/125654/ Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0 DEED) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ This music has been cut in shorter pieces and its volume has been adjusted in different portions of our program. 2. Background music: The Desert | The Grand Score https://www.free-stock-music.com/alexander-nakarada-the-desert.html The Desert | The Grand Score by Alexander Nakarada (CreatorChords) | https://creatorchords.com Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com Creative Commons / Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified. 3. Background music: The Success by Keys of Moon | https://soundcloud.com/keysofmoon. Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0): https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The volume and lengths of this piece have been modified.
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