Romanising oriental Gods : myth, salvation, and ethics in the cults of Cybele, Isis, and Mithras /
Argues that the alternative accounts emerging significantly underestimate the role of three major cults, of Cybele and Attis, Isis and Serapis, and Mithras.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; New York :
Brill,
2008.
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Colección: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
v. 165. |
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Translator's Note; Abbreviations; List of Texts-Figures and Plates; Introduction; Chapter One Religion, Cult and Mystery; Chapter Two Systems of Belief; Chapter Three Systems of Value; Chapter Four The Ritual Systems; Chapter Five The Oriental Cults and Christianity; Bibliography; Plates; General Index; Index of Inscriptions, Papyri and Monuments; Index of Passages.