Mithras explores the history, practices, and reception of Mithraism through literary and material evidence. It attempts to reexamine the origins of the cult and reconstruct Mithraic beliefs and rituals through ancient art. Suitable for students and scholars of Roman and Late Antique religion and ancient society and religion.
Mithras explores the history, practices, and reception of Mithraism through literary and material evidence. It attempts to reexamine the origins of the cult and reconstruct Mithraic beliefs and rituals through ancient art. Suitable for students and scholars of Roman and Late Antique religion and ancient society and religion.
Dr Andrew Fear is a Lecturer in Classics at the University of Manchester. Educated at Lancaster RGS and New College, Oxford, he has a long-standing interest in ancient religion and the Western Esoteric Tradition. He has produced translations of the late classical Christian historian Orosius and also Visigothic hagiography.
Inhaltsangabe
Why Mithras? 1. A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma Key Themes 2. Tempora Solis: The Life of a Religion 3. Those who join hands: the Mithraists 4. "That Mede there Mithras": the Prehistory of a Religion 5. Born of a Rock: The early life of Mithras 6. You have saved us by pouring fourth the eternal blood: the Tauroctony and Beyond 7. The Guardian at the Gate: the Enveloped God 8. A Well-omened holy place: the Persian Cave 9. Persist through the clouds: Ritual 10. Credo: descending immortal immortal to rise again Mithras Afterwards 11. Through a glass darkly: Mithras after Rome
Why Mithras?, 1. A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, Key Themes, 2. Tempora Solis: The Life of a Religion, 3. Those who join hands: the Mithraists, 4. "That Mede there, Mithras": the Prehistory of a Religion, 5. Born of a Rock: The early life of Mithras, 6. You have saved us by pouring fourth the eternal blood: the Tauroctony and Beyond, 7. The Guardian at the Gate: the Enveloped God, 8. A Well-omened, holy place: the Persian Cave, 9. Persist through the clouds: Ritual, 10. Credo: descending immortal, immortal to rise again, Mithras Afterwards, 11. Through a glass darkly: Mithras after Rome
Why Mithras? 1. A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma Key Themes 2. Tempora Solis: The Life of a Religion 3. Those who join hands: the Mithraists 4. "That Mede there Mithras": the Prehistory of a Religion 5. Born of a Rock: The early life of Mithras 6. You have saved us by pouring fourth the eternal blood: the Tauroctony and Beyond 7. The Guardian at the Gate: the Enveloped God 8. A Well-omened holy place: the Persian Cave 9. Persist through the clouds: Ritual 10. Credo: descending immortal immortal to rise again Mithras Afterwards 11. Through a glass darkly: Mithras after Rome
Why Mithras?, 1. A riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma, Key Themes, 2. Tempora Solis: The Life of a Religion, 3. Those who join hands: the Mithraists, 4. "That Mede there, Mithras": the Prehistory of a Religion, 5. Born of a Rock: The early life of Mithras, 6. You have saved us by pouring fourth the eternal blood: the Tauroctony and Beyond, 7. The Guardian at the Gate: the Enveloped God, 8. A Well-omened, holy place: the Persian Cave, 9. Persist through the clouds: Ritual, 10. Credo: descending immortal, immortal to rise again, Mithras Afterwards, 11. Through a glass darkly: Mithras after Rome
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