Ancient Mystery Cults

Ancient Mystery Cults
Author :
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Total Pages : 196
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780674253155
ISBN-13 : 0674253159
Rating : 4/5 (159 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Ancient Mystery Cults by : Walter Burkert

Download or read book Ancient Mystery Cults written by Walter Burkert and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 1989-10-15 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The foremost historian of Greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices. Secret mystery cults flourished within the larger culture of the public religion of Greece and Rome for roughly a thousand years. This book is neither a history nor a survey but a comparative phenomenology, concentrating on five major cults. In defining the mysteries and describing their rituals, membership, organization, and dissemination, Walter Burkert displays the remarkable erudition we have come to expect of him; he also shows great sensitivity and sympathy in interpreting the experiences and motivations of the devotees.


Ancient Mystery Cults Related Books

Ancient Mystery Cults
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Walter Burkert
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 1989-10-15 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The foremost historian of Greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices
Ancient Mystery Cults
Language: en
Pages: 196
Authors: Walter Burkert
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 1987 - Publisher: Harvard University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The foremost historian of Greek religion provides the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices
Mystery Cults of the Ancient World
Language: en
Pages: 266
Authors: Hugh Bowden
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2010 - Publisher:

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

A richly illustrated history of antiquity's secret religious rituals This is the first book to describe and explain all of the ancient world's major mystery cul
Greek Mysteries
Language: en
Pages: 298
Authors: Michael B. Cosmopoulos
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2005-08-18 - Publisher: Routledge

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Written by an international team of acknowledged experts, this excellent book studies a wide range of contributions and showcases new research on the archaeolog
Greek Philosophy and Mystery Cults
Language: en
Pages: 260
Authors: María José García Blanco
Categories: Literary Criticism
Type: BOOK - Published: 2016-02-29 - Publisher: Cambridge Scholars Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

The contributions to this book offer a broad vision of the relationships that were established between Greek Philosophy and the Mystery Cults. The authors centr