Ritual texts for the afterlife : Orpheus and the Bacchic Gold Tablets / Fritz Graf and Sarah Iles Johnston.
By: Graf, Fritz.
Contributor(s): Johnston, Sarah Iles.
Publisher: London ; New York : Routledge, 2007Description: x, 246 p. : ill., maps ; 23 cm.ISBN: 0415415500 (hbk.); 9780415415507 (hbk.); 0415415519 (pbk.); 9780415415514 (pbk.).Subject(s): Future life | Orpheus (Greek mythology) | Dionysus (Greek deity) | Greece -- ReligionDDC classification: 292.8/5 Online resources: Table of contents only
Contents:
The tablets: an edition and translation -- A history of scholarship on the tablets -- The myth of Dionysus -- The eschatology behind the tablets -- Dionysiac mystery cults and the Gold Tablets -- Orpheus, his poetry, and sacred texts.
Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due |
---|---|---|---|---|
Non Fiction | BardBerlinLibrary | 292.85 Gra 2007 (Browse shelf) | Available |
Browsing BardBerlinLibrary Shelves Close shelf browser
292.360 1996 Worshipping Athena : | 292.38 DET 1989 The cuisine of sacrifice among the Greeks | 292.8 Bet 2004 The Derveni papyrus : | 292.85 Gra 2007 Ritual texts for the afterlife : | 294.3 BAT 2015 After Buddhism : | 294.3 Har 1990 An introduction to Buddhism : | 294.344 SUZ 2005 Zen mind, beginner's mind / |
Includes bibliographical references (p. 220-233) and indexes.
The tablets: an edition and translation -- A history of scholarship on the tablets -- The myth of Dionysus -- The eschatology behind the tablets -- Dionysiac mystery cults and the Gold Tablets -- Orpheus, his poetry, and sacred texts.
There are no comments for this item.