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Author | : Philippa Adrych |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2017 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 0198792530 |
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This work presents six case-studies of objects from different periods and regions of antiquity that are labelled by variations of the name Mithra, including the Roman Mithras, Persian Mihr, and Bactrian Miiro. Each chapter places each object in its original context, before questioning its role in religious ritual, tradition, and belief
Author | : Michael Shenkar |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 414 |
Release | : 2014-09-08 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9004281495 |
Download Intangible Spirits and Graven Images: The Iconography of Deities in the Pre-Islamic Iranian World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
Winner of the the Roman and Tania Ghirshman Prize 2015 by the French Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. This prize was established in 1973 by the donation made by Roman Ghirshman, one of the prominent French archaeologists of Pre-Islamic Iran. It is awarded annually for a publication in the field of Pre-Islamic Iranian Studies. In Intangible Spirits and Graven Images, Michael Shenkar investigates the perception of ancient Iranian deities and their representation in the Iranian cults. This ground-breaking study traces the evolution of the images of these deities, analyses the origin of their iconography, and evaluates their significance. Shenkar also explores the perception of anthropomorphism and aniconism in ancient Iranian religious imagery, with reference to the material evidence and the written sources, and reassesses the value of the Avestan and Middle Persian texts that are traditionally employed to illuminate Iranian religious imagery. In doing so, this book provides important new insights into the religion and culture of ancient Iran prior to the Islamic conquest.
Author | : Attilio Mastrocinque |
Publisher | : Mohr Siebeck |
Total Pages | : 392 |
Release | : 2017-08-07 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9783161551123 |
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Attilio Mastrocinque explains the mysteries of Mithras in a new way, as a transformation of Mazdean elements into an ideological and religious reading of Augustus' story. The author shows that the character of Mithras played the role of Apollo in favoring Augustus' victory and the birth of the Roman Empire.
Author | : David Walsh |
Publisher | : BRILL |
Total Pages | : 158 |
Release | : 2018-11-29 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9004383069 |
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In The Cult of Mithras in Late Antiquity David Walsh examines how and why the cult of Mithras vanished from the Roman Empire by the early 5th century C.E.
Author | : Payam Nabarz |
Publisher | : Inner Traditions / Bear & Co |
Total Pages | : 244 |
Release | : 2005-06-09 |
Genre | : Body, Mind & Spirit |
ISBN | : 9781594770272 |
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The Mysteries of Mithras presents a revival of this ancient Roman mystery religion, popular from the late second century B.C. Payam Nabarz reveals the history and tenets of Mithraism, its connections to Christianity, Islam, and Freemasonry, and the modern neo-pagan practice of Mithraism today. Included are seven of its initiatory rituals.
Author | : Franz Cumont |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 276 |
Release | : 1903 |
Genre | : Mithraism |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : David Ulansey |
Publisher | : Cosmology and Salvation in the |
Total Pages | : 176 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780195067880 |
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This volume sets forth a new explanation of the meaning of the cult of Mithraism, tracing its origins not, as commonly held, to the ancient Persian religion, but to ancient astronomy and cosmology.
Author | : Richard Lindsay Gordon |
Publisher | : Variorum Publishing |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 1996 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
Download Image and Value in the Graeco-Roman World Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
In this volume, Dr Gordon examines the way in which images contributed to the creation of religious meanings in the Graeco-Roman world. Special attention is paid to Mithraism's notion of sacred space, its use of metaphors taken from the natural world, and its ideals of social action.
Author | : Andrew Fear |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 238 |
Release | : 2022-06-24 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0429957971 |
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Mithras explores the history and practices of the ancient mystery religion Mithraism, looking at both literary and material evidence for the god Mithras and the reception and allure of his mysteries in the present. The genesis and spread of Mithraism remain highly controversial. This book examines our current state of knowledge on the pre-classical Indo-Iranian god, Mitra, and argues that Mithraism was a product of Mitra’s encounter with the religious thought of the classical world. It then charts the life history of Mithraism in the Roman Empire, exploring the social background of its initiates and the reasons for their attraction to the religion. The rituals and beliefs of the cult are as mysterious as its origins; in studying Mithraic "caves" and paintings found in some Mithraic temples, we can better understand and reconstruct the rituals the Mithraists practiced. While "bull-slaying", or tauroctony, lies at the core of the Mithraic mythos, this volume explores other incidents in the god’s life depicted in ancient art, including his miraculous birth and his banquet with the sun, as well as the disconcerting lion-headed "enveloped god". After a fall from grace in the post-classical world, Mithras has resurrected himself in the present, establishing himself as one of the most recognisable if elusive gods of antiquity. Mithras provides a fascinating study of this complex god that will be of interest to scholars and students of Roman and Late Antique religion, mystery cults, as well as those working on society and religion in antiquity more broadly.
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Total Pages | : 702 |
Release | : 1928 |
Genre | : Asia |
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Includes section "Numismatic supplement," no. 5-45 (previously issued in the society's Journal, later in its Journal, 3rd ser.).