The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire - Roger Beck

The Religion of the Mithras Cult in the Roman Empire

Mysteries of the Unconquered Sun

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Buch | Hardcover
304 Seiten
2006
Oxford University Press (Verlag)
978-0-19-814089-4 (ISBN)
229,95 inkl. MwSt
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.
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.

Roger Beck is Professor Emeritus, University of Toronto.

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

Erscheint lt. Verlag 12.1.2006
Zusatzinfo Numerous line drawings
Verlagsort Oxford
Sprache englisch
Maße 161 x 242 mm
Gewicht 608 g
Themenwelt Geisteswissenschaften Archäologie
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Vor- und Frühgeschichte
Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Altertum / Antike
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geisteswissenschaften Religion / Theologie
Naturwissenschaften
Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie
ISBN-10 0-19-814089-4 / 0198140894
ISBN-13 978-0-19-814089-4 / 9780198140894
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