Divine Names on the Spot III: Naming and Agency in Ancient Greek and West Semitic Texts [Hardcover]

In the line of the previous volumes of the series Divine Names on the Spot devoted to the study of divine names in Greek and Semitic contexts, this third one focuses on the question who named the gods? Naming the divine, within the ritual communication or in narratives and discourses about gods and goddesses, involves choices, negotiations or strategies by human agents, in accordance with traditions or in order to activate innovations. Always context-sensitive, the agency of human addressers, narrators, or beneficiaries of the divine powers must be put forward as a main factor of these processes. From the addresses to the gods by kings in Cyprus to the carriage drivers naming Poseidon Helikapanaios in Thessaly, through the carving of divine names on a cup found in Jerusalem, the dozen of contributions gathered here make steps for a long exploration of divine names in the making, and suggest a few directions and orientations for investigating human agency in religious history. <br /><br />Dans la continuit? des pr?c?dents volumes de la s?rie ?Divine Names on the Spot? vou?e ? l?tude des noms divins en contextes grecs et s?mitiques, ce troisi?me opus est consacr? plus pr?cis?ment ? la question ?qui nomme les dieux?? Nommer la divinit?, dans le cadre de la communication rituelle ou dans les r?cits et discours sur les dieux et les d?esses, implique des choix, des strat?gies ou des n?gociations de la part dagents humains, en tenant compte de traditions ou de mani?re ? activer des innovations. Toujours d?pendante des contextes, lagentivit? des destinateurs humains, des narrateurs ou de quiconque b?n?ficie de laction des dieux doit ?tre prise en compte comme lun des facteurs principaux de ces processus. Depuis les adresses faites aux dieux par les rois de Chypre jusquaux conducteurs de chariots nommant Pos?idon Helikapanaios en Thessalie, en passant par lexpertise qui a inscrit des noms divins sur une coupe trouv?e ? J?rusalel£q