Ancient Mystery Cults

By:

Walter Burkert

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Carl Newell Jackson Lectures

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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.

Author Biography:

Walter Burkert was Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.

Release date Australia

October 15th, 1989

Author

Walter Burkert

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Illustrations

2 line illustrations, 10 halftones

Pages

192

Series

Carl Newell Jackson Lectures

Dimensions

152x229x14

ISBN-13

9780674033870

Product ID

2105142

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