The religion of the Mithras cult in the Roman Empire [[electronic resource] ] : mysteries of the unconquered sun / / Roger Beck
| The religion of the Mithras cult in the Roman Empire [[electronic resource] ] : mysteries of the unconquered sun / / Roger Beck |
| Autore | Beck Roger <1937-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina | 299/.15 |
| Soggetto topico | Mithraism |
| Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
| ISBN |
1-280-75330-7
0-19-151823-9 1-4294-2119-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction to Interpreting the Mysteries: Old Ways, New Ways; 2. Old Ways: The Reconstruction of Mithraic Doctrine from Iconography; 3. The Problem of Referents: Interpretation with Reference to What?; 4. Doctrine Redefined; Transition: from old ways to new ways; 5. The Mithraic Mysteries as Symbol System: I. Introduction and Comparisons; 6. Cognition and Representation; 7. The Mithraic Mysteries as Symbol System: II. The Mithraeum; 8. Star-Talk: The Symbols of the Mithraic Mysteries as Language Signs
9. The Mithraic Mysteries as Symbol System: III. The Tauroctony10. Excursus: the esoteric quartering, a lost helicoidal model of lunar motion, and the origin of the 'winds' and 'steps' of the Moon. The identity of 'Antiochus the Athenian'; Conclusions: a new basis for interpreting the mysteries; References; Index of Mithraic Monuments; Index of Ancient Authors; General Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910458659803321 |
Beck Roger <1937->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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The religion of the Mithras cult in the Roman Empire [[electronic resource] ] : mysteries of the unconquered sun / / Roger Beck
| The religion of the Mithras cult in the Roman Empire [[electronic resource] ] : mysteries of the unconquered sun / / Roger Beck |
| Autore | Beck Roger <1937-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (302 p.) |
| Disciplina | 299/.15 |
| Soggetto topico | Mithraism |
| ISBN |
1-280-75330-7
0-19-151823-9 1-4294-2119-3 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Contents; List of Figures; Abbreviations; 1. Introduction to Interpreting the Mysteries: Old Ways, New Ways; 2. Old Ways: The Reconstruction of Mithraic Doctrine from Iconography; 3. The Problem of Referents: Interpretation with Reference to What?; 4. Doctrine Redefined; Transition: from old ways to new ways; 5. The Mithraic Mysteries as Symbol System: I. Introduction and Comparisons; 6. Cognition and Representation; 7. The Mithraic Mysteries as Symbol System: II. The Mithraeum; 8. Star-Talk: The Symbols of the Mithraic Mysteries as Language Signs
9. The Mithraic Mysteries as Symbol System: III. The Tauroctony10. Excursus: the esoteric quartering, a lost helicoidal model of lunar motion, and the origin of the 'winds' and 'steps' of the Moon. The identity of 'Antiochus the Athenian'; Conclusions: a new basis for interpreting the mysteries; References; Index of Mithraic Monuments; Index of Ancient Authors; General Index; |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910784893703321 |
Beck Roger <1937->
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| Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2006 | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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