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Palmyra – Epigraphy and religion. A review article

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 November 2006

Samuel N. C. Lieu
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The Religious Life of Palmyra, By Ted Kaizer. (Oriens et Occidens 4), pp. 305, 7 pls. Stuttgart, Franz Steiner Verlag, 2002.

Palmyra (ancient Tadmor) is undoubtedly one of the most glamorous of Graeco-Roman cities in the Near East and probably the most visited of all historical sites in the modern Republic of Syria. It has long been recognised as a major centre of Semitic religious cults which flourished particularly when the city was politically within the orbis Romanus. Its semi-independent political status and its retention of Aramaic as a major day-to-day language of commerce and administration certainly helped to guarantee the continuation of its Semitic cultural traditions and religious life.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society , Volume 16 , Issue 3 , November 2006 , pp. 299 - 304
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Copyright © The Royal Asiatic Society 2006

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