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32 produkter
Homo Necans
The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth
Häftad, 1986
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321 kr
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Blood sacrifice, the ritual slaughter of animals, has been basic to religion through history, so that it survives in spiritualized form even in Christianity. How did this violent phenomenon achieve the status of the sacred? This question is examined in Walter Burkert's famous study.
Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism
Inbunden, 1972
1384 kr
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For this first English edition of his distinguished study of Pythagoreanism, Weisheit und Wissenschajt: Studien zu Pythagoras, Philolaos, und Platon, Walter Burkert has carefully revised text and notes, taking account of additional literature on the subject which appeared between 1962 and 1969.By a …
Savage Energies
Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece
Häftad, 2013
305 kr
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We often think of classical Greek society as a model of rationality and order. Yet as Walter Burkert demonstrates in these influential essays on the history of Greek religion, there were archaic, savage forces surging beneath the outwardly calm face of classical Greece, whose potentially violent …
Greek Religion
Archaic and Classical
Häftad, 1987
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481 kr
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"Greek Religion . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast . . . Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be phenomenally learned. Burkert is. His book is a …
Orientalizing Revolution
Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age
Häftad, 1998
339 kr
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The splendid culture of the ancient Greeks has often been described as emerging like a miracle from a genius of its own, owing practically nothing to its neighbors. Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a balanced picture of the archaic period “in …
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual
Häftad, 1982
386 kr
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"Tantalizingly rich ...this is a splendid book."--Greece and Rome "Burken relegates his learned documentation to the notes and writes in a lively and fluent style. The book is recommended as a major contribution to the interpretation of ancient Greek myth and ritual. The breadth alone of Burkert's …
Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis
Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture
Häftad, 2007
287 kr
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At the distant beginning of Western civilization, according to European tradition, Greece stands as an insular, isolated, near-miracle of burgeoning culture. This book traverses the ancient world’s three great centers of cultural exchange—Babylonian Nineveh, Egyptian Memphis, and Iranian …
Ancient Mystery Cults
Häftad, 1989
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334 kr
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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 …
Creation of the Sacred
Tracks of Biology in Early Religions
Häftad, 1998
371 kr
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Sacrifice—ranging from the sacrifice of virgins to circumcision to giving up what is most valued—is essential to all religions. Could there be a natural, even biological, reason for these practices? Something that might explain why religions of so many different cultures share so many rituals and …
Violent Origins
Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation
Av Walter Burkert, René Girard m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
385 kr
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Burkert, Girard, and Smith hold important and contradictory theories about the nature and origin of ritual sacrifice, and the role violence plays in religion and culture. These papers and conversations derive from a conference that pursued the possibility and utility of a general theory of religion …
Violent Origins
Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation
Av Walter Burkert, René Girard m. fl.
E-bok, 1988
468 kr
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Burkert, Girard, and Smith hold important and contradictory theories about the nature and origin of ritual sacrifice, and the role violence plays in religion and culture. These papers and conversations derive from a conference that pursued the possibility and utility of a general theory of religion …
Greek Religion
Archaic and Classical
E-bok, 2013
552 kr
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" Greek Religion . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast . . . Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be phenomenally learned. Burkert is. His book is a …
Greek Religion
Archaic and Classical
E-bok, 2013
570 kr
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" Greek Religion . . . already has the standing of a classic, and the publication of an English version, which incorporates new material and is in effect a second edition, demands a toast . . . Anyone who pretends to survey Greek religion must be phenomenally learned. Burkert is. His book is a …
Arktouros
Hellenic Studies presented to Bernard M. W. Knox on the occasion of his 65th birthday
Av Glen W. Bowersock, Walter Burkert m. fl.
Inbunden, 1980
2826 kr
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No detailed description available for "Arktouros".
Homo Necans
Interpretationen altgriechischer Opferriten und Mythen
E-bok, 2013
1472 kr
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Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Homo Necans" verfügbar.
Klassisches Altertum und antikes Christentum
Probleme einer übergreifenden Religionswissenschaft
E-bok, 2010
1505 kr
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Arktouros
Hellenic Studies presented to Bernard M. W. Knox on the occasion of his 65th birthday
Av Michael Putnam, Walter Burkert m. fl.
E-bok, 2011
2588 kr
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Kleine Schriften
Tragica Et Historica
Av Walter Burkert, Wolfgang Rosler
Inbunden, 2007
1140 kr
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Kleine Schriften IX
Addenda Zu Den Banden I-viii
Av Walter Burkert, Christoph Riedweg
Inbunden, 2024
2257 kr
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Savage Energies
Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece
Inbunden, 2001
430 kr
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We often think of classical Greek society as a model of rationality and order. Yet as Walter Burkert demonstrates in these essays on the history of Greek religion, there were archaic, savage forces surging beneath the outwardly calm face of classical Greece, whose potentially violent and …
