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Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun

Beck Roger
Innbundet / 2006 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780198140894
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
608 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Beck Roger

Biografisk notat

Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun

Beck Roger
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This makes for an interesting eclectic journey through one of the most mysterious cults in the Roman Empire... Throughout the book this interpretative scheme is filled out with impressively meticulous analysis of the textual evidence, the symbolic structutre of the mithraeum, and the tauroctony.

Anders Lisdorf, Journal of Roman Studies

not only compulsory reading for any scholar or student working on Mithraism, but ought to be taken full account of also by anyone with an interest in the study of ancient religion in general ... the persistent reader will be rewarded with the rich experience of having his or her thoughts continuously provoked by a great historian of ancient religion in the course of his attempts to make sense of the fascinating phenomena that were the Mithraic mysteries.

Ted Kaiser, Ancient West & East

A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life. He employs the methods of anthropology of religion and the new cognitive science of religion to explore in detail the semiotics of the Mysteries' astral symbolism, which has been the principal subject of his many previous publications on the cult.
Les mer
A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Mithraism is described from the point of view of the initiate engaging with its rich repertoire of symbols and practices.
Les mer
1. Introduction to interpreting the mysteries: old ways, new ways ; 2. Old ways: the reconstruction of Mithraic doctrine from iconography ; 3. The problem of referents: interpretation with reference to what? ; 4. Doctrine redefined ; TRANSITION: FROM OLD WAYS TO NEW WAYS ; 5. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 1. Introduction and comparisons ; 6. Cognition and representation ; 7. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 2. The mithraeum ; 8. Star-talk: the symbols of the Mithraic mysteries as language signs ; 9. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 3. The tauroctony ; Conclusions
Les mer
Deployment of new methods, such as the anthropology of religion and the cognitive science of religion A wide range of comparisons, from both ancient and modern cultures Presents an entirely original semiotic theory for Mithraism's astral symbolism Focuses on the initiate as someone actively engaged in the creation of religion by cognition and representation rather than as the passive consumer of a product
Les mer
Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.
Deployment of new methods, such as the anthropology of religion and the cognitive science of religion A wide range of comparisons, from both ancient and modern cultures Presents an entirely original semiotic theory for Mithraism's astral symbolism Focuses on the initiate as someone actively engaged in the creation of religion by cognition and representation rather than as the passive consumer of a product
Les mer

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This makes for an interesting eclectic journey through one of the most mysterious cults in the Roman Empire... Throughout the book this interpretative scheme is filled out with impressively meticulous analysis of the textual evidence, the symbolic structutre of the mithraeum, and the tauroctony.

Anders Lisdorf, Journal of Roman Studies

not only compulsory reading for any scholar or student working on Mithraism, but ought to be taken full account of also by anyone with an interest in the study of ancient religion in general ... the persistent reader will be rewarded with the rich experience of having his or her thoughts continuously provoked by a great historian of ancient religion in the course of his attempts to make sense of the fascinating phenomena that were the Mithraic mysteries.

Ted Kaiser, Ancient West & East

A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life. He employs the methods of anthropology of religion and the new cognitive science of religion to explore in detail the semiotics of the Mysteries' astral symbolism, which has been the principal subject of his many previous publications on the cult.
Les mer
A study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Mithraism is described from the point of view of the initiate engaging with its rich repertoire of symbols and practices.
Les mer
1. Introduction to interpreting the mysteries: old ways, new ways ; 2. Old ways: the reconstruction of Mithraic doctrine from iconography ; 3. The problem of referents: interpretation with reference to what? ; 4. Doctrine redefined ; TRANSITION: FROM OLD WAYS TO NEW WAYS ; 5. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 1. Introduction and comparisons ; 6. Cognition and representation ; 7. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 2. The mithraeum ; 8. Star-talk: the symbols of the Mithraic mysteries as language signs ; 9. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 3. The tauroctony ; Conclusions
Les mer
Deployment of new methods, such as the anthropology of religion and the cognitive science of religion A wide range of comparisons, from both ancient and modern cultures Presents an entirely original semiotic theory for Mithraism's astral symbolism Focuses on the initiate as someone actively engaged in the creation of religion by cognition and representation rather than as the passive consumer of a product
Les mer
Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.
Deployment of new methods, such as the anthropology of religion and the cognitive science of religion A wide range of comparisons, from both ancient and modern cultures Presents an entirely original semiotic theory for Mithraism's astral symbolism Focuses on the initiate as someone actively engaged in the creation of religion by cognition and representation rather than as the passive consumer of a product
Les mer

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780198140894
Publisert
2006
Utgiver
Oxford University Press
Vekt
608 gr
Høyde
242 mm
Bredde
161 mm
Dybde
23 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Innbundet
Antall sider
304

Forfatter
Beck Roger

Biografisk notat

Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

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