ANCIENT MYSTERY CULTS by Walter Burkert ( 9780674033870 ) - Books & Audio Books at Pickabook.co.uk

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Title:

ANCIENT MYSTERY CULTS

By:

Walter Burkert

Format:

Paperback

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ISBN 10:

0674033876

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9780674033870

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Publisher:

HARVARD UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

1 July, 1989

Series:

Carl Newell Jackson Lectures

Pages:

192

Description:

The foremost historian of Greek religion providers the first comprehensive, comparative study of a little-known aspect of ancient religious beliefs and practices.

Synopsis:

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 sensitivity and sympathy in interpreting the experiences and motivations of the devotees.

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2 line illustrations, 10 halftones

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Harvard University Press

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