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Author : R. Van den Broek
Publisher : Brill Archive
Page : 564 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Classical literature
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Roelof van den Broek
Publisher : Études Préliminaires Aux Relig
Page : 485 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : 9004308326
Author : Pierluigi Lanfranchi
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2021-11-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789047409298
This volume includes an introduction, a translation and an in-depth commentary of the fragments of the Exagoge, a Greek tragedy written by a Jewish poet named Ezekiel the Tragedian, who lived between mid- 2nd and mid-1st century BCE. The author offers an interpretation of the play which links its 17 fragments and clarifies their position in the overall structure, in order to bring to light the ideas of Ezekiel and his social and cultural context.
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Electronic
ISBN : UOM:39015082932354
Author : Library of Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1024 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Subject catalogs
ISBN : MINN:31951001977115K
Beginning with 1953, entries for Motion pictures and filmstrips, Music and phonorecords form separate parts of the Library of Congress catalogue. Entries for Maps and atlases were issued separately 1953-1955.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 616 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Union catalogs
ISBN : WISC:89015292956
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1664 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Arts
ISBN : UOM:39015064554317
Author : Daniel Ogden
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2013-04-08
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199323746
Stories about dragons, serpents, and their slayers make up a rich and varied tradition within ancient mythology and folklore. In this sourcebook, Daniel Ogden presents a comprehensive and easily accessible collection of dragon myths from Greek, Roman, and early Christian sources. Some of the dragons featured are well known: the Hydra, slain by Heracles; the Dragon of Colchis, the guardian of the golden fleece overcome by Jason and Medea; and the great sea-serpent from which Perseus rescues Andromeda. But the less well known dragons are often equally enthralling, like the Dragon of Thespiae, which Menestratus slays by feeding himself to it in armor covered in fish-hooks, or the lamias of Libya, who entice young men into their striking-range by wiggling their tails, shaped like beautiful women, at them. The texts are arranged in such a way as to allow readers to witness the continuity of and evolution in dragon stories between the Classical and Christian worlds, and to understand the genesis of saintly dragon-slaying stories of the sort now characteristically associated with St George, whose earliest dragon-fight concludes the volume. All texts, a considerable number of which have not previously been available in English, are offered in new translations and accompanied by lucid commentaries that place the source-passages into their mythical, folkloric, literary, and cultural contexts. A sampling of the ancient iconography of dragons and an appendix on dragon slaying myths from the ancient Near East and India, particularly those with a bearing upon the Greco-Roman material, are also included. This volume promises to be the most authoritative sourcebook on this perennially fascinating and influential body of ancient myth.
Author : Joe Nigg
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 514 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2016-11-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780226195490
Arising triumphantly from the ashes of its predecessor, the phoenix has been an enduring symbol of resilience and renewal for thousands of years. But how did this mythical bird become so famous that it has played a part in cultures around the world and throughout human history? How much of its story do we actually know? Here to offer a comprehensive biography and engaging (un)natural history of the phoenix is Joseph Nigg, esteemed expert on otherworldly creatures from dragons to gryphons to sea monsters. Beginning in ancient Egypt and traveling around the globe and through the centuries, Nigg's vast and sweeping narrative takes readers on a brilliant tour of the cross-cultural lore of this famous, yet little-known, immortal bird. This entertaining and informative look at the life and transformation of the phoenix will be the authoritative source for anyone fascinated by folklore and mythology, re-igniting our curiosity about one of myth's greatest beasts.
Author : Alan W Watts
Publisher : Legare Street Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2023-07-18
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1019368659
In this influential work, Alan W. Watts explores the role of myth and ritual in Christianity and other religious traditions. Through his careful analysis of religious practices and symbols, he demonstrates how they can provide meaningful insights into the nature of human existence and the divine. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.
Author : Christopher R. Fee
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : British literature
ISBN : 0199849862
This book unearths the layers of the British Isles' unique folkloric tradition to discover how this body of seemingly disparate tales developed. The authors find a virtual battlefield of myths on which pagan and Judeo-Christian beliefs fought for dominance, and classical, Anglo-Saxon, Germanic, and Celtic narrative threads became tangled
Author : Andrei A. Orlov
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2015-02-10
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781438455839
Explores the paradoxical symmetry between the divine and demonic in early Jewish mystical texts. Divine Scapegoats is a wide-ranging exploration of the parallels between the heavenly and the demonic in early Jewish apocalyptical accounts. In these materials, antagonists often mirror features of angelic figures, and even those of the Deity himself, an inverse correspondence that implies a belief that the demonic realm is maintained by imitating divine reality. Andrei A. Orlov examines the sacerdotal, messianic, and creational aspects of this mimetic imagery, focusing primarily on two texts from the Slavonic pseudepigrapha: 2 Enoch and the Apocalypse of Abraham. These two works are part of a very special cluster of Jewish apocalyptic texts that exhibit features not only of the apocalyptic worldview but also of the symbolic universe of early Jewish mysticism. The Yom Kippur ritual in the Apocalypse of Abraham, the divine light and darkness of 2 Enoch, and the similarity of mimetic motifs to later developments in the Zohar are of particular importance in Orlovs consideration.
Author : Rebecca Parker Brienen
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 289 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN : 9789053569474
Visions of Savage Paradise is the first major book-length study of seventeenth-century Dutch artist Albert Eckhout to be published in nearly seventy years. Eckhout, who was court painter to the colonial governor of Dutch Brazil, created life-size paintings of Amerindians, Africans, and Brazilians of mixed race in support of the governor’s project to document the people and natural history of the colony. In this study, Rebecca Parker Brienen provides a detailed analysis of Eckhout’s works, framing them with discussions of both their colonial context and contemporary artistic practices in the Dutch republic.
Author : Lena-Sofia Tiemeyer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Bible
ISBN : 162837134X
This book discusses the depictions of the cult and its personnel in the twelve prophetic books commonly referred to as "The Book of the Twelve" or "The Minor Prophets." The articles in the volume explore the following questions: How did these prophetic writers envision the priests and the Levites? What did they think about the ritual aspects of ancient Israelite faith, including not only the official temple cult in Jerusalem but also cultic expressions outside the capital? What, in their views, characterized a faithful priest and what should the relationship be between his cultic performance and the ways in which he lived his life? How does the message of each individual author fit in with the wider Israelite traditions? Finally, who were these prophetic authors, in which historical contexts did they live and work, and what stylistic tools did they use to communicate their message?
Author : Roel B. van den Broek
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 545 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2015-11-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004296268
Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- THE EGYPTIAN BENU AND THE CLASSICAL PHOENIX -- A COPTIC TEXT ON THE PHOENIX -- THE NAME PHOENIX -- LIFESPAN AND APPEARANCES -- THE DEATH AND REBIRTH OF THE PHOENIX -- THE PHOENIX AS BIRD OF THE SUN -- THE ABODE -- THE FOOD -- THE SEX -- THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE MYTH OF THE PHOENIX SOME CONCLUSIONS -- THE PHOENIX IN CLASSICAL AND EARLY CHRISTIAN ART -- BIBLICAL AND JEWISH TEXTS -- CORRIGENDA ET ADDENDA -- Maps I and II.