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Hellenistic Religions
Martin
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Description for Hellenistic Religions
Paperback. This study provides a brief introduction to the religious institutions, beliefs and practices of the Graeco-Roman world during the Hellenistic Age (c300 BC-300 AD). Num Pages: 192 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HRKP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 209 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222.
This is a brief and lively introduction to the religious institutions, beliefs and practices of the Graeco-Roman world during the `Hellenistic Age' (c.300 BC-300 AD). Discussion of the various phenomena of Hellenistic religion is organized around the three classic types: piety, mystery, and gnosis. As the author follows the historical development of these phenomena, he demonstrates the effect of religion on two fundamental transformations of the Hellenistic world-view. The first of these is the transformation of the understanding of the structure of the cosmos from the archaic to the `Ptolemaic' view. The second transformation is what Martin describes ... Read more
This is a brief and lively introduction to the religious institutions, beliefs and practices of the Graeco-Roman world during the `Hellenistic Age' (c.300 BC-300 AD). Discussion of the various phenomena of Hellenistic religion is organized around the three classic types: piety, mystery, and gnosis. As the author follows the historical development of these phenomena, he demonstrates the effect of religion on two fundamental transformations of the Hellenistic world-view. The first of these is the transformation of the understanding of the structure of the cosmos from the archaic to the `Ptolemaic' view. The second transformation is what Martin describes ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780195043914
SKU
V9780195043914
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Reviews for Hellenistic Religions
'a brief but very useful study of the diverse forms of religiosity in the Hellenistic period' Journal for the Study of the Pseudepigrapha 5 (1989)