Geographic and religious trends in the pre-Islamic religious beliefs of the North Arabian nomadic and semi-nomadic tribes

Cassandra Bennett

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    Abstract

    This paper focuses on the evidence for religious practices and beliefs of the nomadic tribes of pre-Islamic North Arabia, in order to detect the relationship between trends in religious beliefs and their geographical spread. Analyses presented rely on the large amount of data from the corpus of Safaitic epigraphic material produced throughout northern Arabia from approximately the second century BC to the fourth century AD. The results show the spatial relationships between the deities worshipped in these inscriptions and their geographical spread, as well as the emergence of influences of religious worship driven by proximity to dominant surrounding cultures. The results also show the make-up of religious formulae in the existence of prayers and curses, and an analysis of important deities and their functions through the religious practices of pre-Islamic tribes.
    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationProceedings of the Seminar for Arabian Studies
    Place of PublicationOxford
    PublisherArchaeopress
    Pages43-51
    Number of pages9
    Volume44
    ISBN (Print)9781905739806
    Publication statusPublished - 2014
    EventSeminar for Arabian Studies (47th : 2013) - London
    Duration: 26 Jul 201328 Jul 2013

    Seminar

    SeminarSeminar for Arabian Studies (47th : 2013)
    CityLondon
    Period26/07/1328/07/13

    Keywords

    • Bedouin
    • North Arabian religion
    • Pre-Islamic
    • Safaitic
    • Tribal religion

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