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Redefining Ancient Orphism
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Author : Radcliffe G. Edmonds III
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2013-11-07
Redefining Ancient Orphism written by Radcliffe G. Edmonds III and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-07 with History categories.
This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary religious phenomena. Replacing older models of an Orphic religion, this richer and more complex model provides insight into the boundaries of normal and abnormal Greek religion. The study traces the construction of the category of 'Orphic' from its first appearances in the Classical period, through the centuries of philosophical and religious polemics, especially in the formation of early Christianity and again in the debates over the origins of Christianity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A paradigm shift in the study of Greek religion, this study provides scholars of classics, early Christianity, ancient religion and philosophy with a new model for understanding the nature of ancient Orphism, including ideas of afterlife, cosmogony, sacred scriptures, rituals of purification and initiation, and exotic mythology.
Redefining Ancient Orphism
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Author : Radcliffe G. Edmonds (III)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Redefining Ancient Orphism written by Radcliffe G. Edmonds (III) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with Cults categories.
This book examines the fragmentary and contradictory evidence for Orpheus as the author of rites and poems to redefine Orphism as a label applied polemically to extra-ordinary religious phenomena. Replacing older models of an Orphic religion, this richer and more complex model provides insight into the boundaries of normal and abnormal Greek religion. The study traces the construction of the category of 'Orphic' from its first appearances in the Classical period, through the centuries of philosophical and religious polemics, especially in the formation of early Christianity and again in the debates over the origins of Christianity in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. A paradigm shift in the study of Greek religion, this study provides scholars of classics, early Christianity, ancient religion and philosophy with a new model for understanding the nature of ancient Orphism, including ideas of afterlife, cosmogony, sacred scriptures, rituals of purification and initiation, and exotic mythology. -- Provided by publisher.
Drawing Down The Moon
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Author : Radcliffe G. Edmonds, III
language : en
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Release Date : 2019-07-02
Drawing Down The Moon written by Radcliffe G. Edmonds, III and has been published by Princeton University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-07-02 with History categories.
One of the foremost experts on magic, religion, and the occult in the ancient world provides an unparalleled exploration of magic in the Greco-Roman world, giving insight into the shifting ideas of religion and the divine in the ancient past and in the later Western tradition.
The Orphic Gold Tablets And Greek Religion
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Author : Radcliffe G. Edmonds
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2011-01-06
The Orphic Gold Tablets And Greek Religion written by Radcliffe G. Edmonds and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-01-06 with History categories.
Examines new methodologies used in the study of these tablets. Includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.
Defining Orphism
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Author : Anthi Chrysanthou
language : en
Publisher: ISSN
Release Date : 2022-01-31
Defining Orphism written by Anthi Chrysanthou and has been published by ISSN this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-01-31 with Literary Criticism categories.
This book offers a concise whole-encompassing definition of Orphism through bringing together all of its main components in a single study, highlighting both parallels and divergences between the Gold Tablets, the Derveni Papyrus and the Orphic Rhap
Myths Of The Underworld Journey
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Author : Radcliffe G. Edmonds, III
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2012-09-13
Myths Of The Underworld Journey written by Radcliffe G. Edmonds, III and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-09-13 with History categories.
Plato, Aristophanes, and the creators of the "Orphic" gold tablets employ the traditional tale of a journey to the realm of the dead to redefine, within the mythic narrative, the boundaries of their societies. Rather than being the relics of a faded ritual tradition or the products of Orphic influence, these myths can only reveal their meanings through this detailed analysis of the specific ways in which each author makes use of the tradition.
Instructions For The Netherworld
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Author : Alberto Bernabé
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2008-01-30
Instructions For The Netherworld written by Alberto Bernabé and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-01-30 with History categories.
Orphic gold tables are key documents for the knowledge of rites and beliefs of Orphics, an atypical group that configured a highly original creed and that influenced powerfully over other Greek writers and thinkers. The recent discovery of some tablets has forced a noteworthy modification of some points of view and a review ofthe different hypothesis proposed about them. The book presents a complete edition of the texts, their translation and some fundamental keys for their interpretation, in an attempt at updating our current knowledge on Orphic ideas about the soul and the Afterlife stated in those texts. The work is improved with an appendix of iconographic annotations in which some plastic representations in drawings are reproduced related to the universe of tablets, selected and commented on by Ricardo Olmos.
Round Trip To Hades In The Eastern Mediterranean Tradition
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Author : Gunnel Ekroth
language : en
Publisher: Cultural Interactions in the M
Release Date : 2018
Round Trip To Hades In The Eastern Mediterranean Tradition written by Gunnel Ekroth and has been published by Cultural Interactions in the M this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018 with History categories.
"The possibility of visiting the realms of the dead and yet returning alive is an idea that has fascinated people throughout time and across cultures. The European tradition goes back to Greek and Roman antiquity, represented by such famous round trips to Hades as those undertaken by Odysseus and Aeneas, but it is clear that the Graeco-Roman tradition had older Mesopotamian antecedents."--
Redefining Dionysos
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Author : Miguel Herrero de Járegui
language : es
Publisher:
Release Date : 2013
Redefining Dionysos written by Miguel Herrero de Járegui and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013 with categories.
The Orphic Argonautica
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Author : Jason Colavito
language : en
Publisher: Lulu.com
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The Orphic Argonautica written by Jason Colavito and has been published by Lulu.com this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on with categories.