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The Other God: Dualist Religions from Antiquity to the Cathar Heresy
by Yuri Stoyanov
The Catholic and Orthodox Churches regarded dualism as a heresy that had been transmitted in secrecy from late Antiquity; dualist heretics believed that it was Christianity as it was intended before the Church corrupted it. In this complete reworking of ...
Paperback. Price GB £8.99
The Ancient Mysteries. A Sourcebook of Sacred Texts
by Marvin W. Meyer
Described as 'an anthology of texts on the Greco-Roman mystery religions', this book presents a collection of sources and original texts on the ancient mysteries. With good English translations of some of the most important texts. Includes: The Greek ...
Paperback. Price GB £13.00
The Restless Dead. Encounters between the Living and the Dead in Ancient Greece
by Sarah Iles Johnston
Greeks ideas about the dead underwent significant changes in the archaic and classical periods. In this book Johnston discusses how attitudes changed according to social and cultural conditions, and under the influence of cultures from the Near East. She ...
Hardback. Price GB £41.95
Sacred Languages and Sacred Texts
by John F A Sawyer
The book asks 'How many letters of the alphabet did God use to create the world?' A comprehensive survey of the role of sacred language and text in the religions of the Greco-Roman world, also taking in Judaism and Christianity. The books presents an ...
Paperback. Price GB £18.99
Signa deorum. L'iconographie divine en Gaule romaine
edited by Yves Burnand and Henri Lavagne
Presented in two parts, the first section discusses three goddesses, Bellona, Epona and Diana, including their myths and the meanings of their names, epigraphical vocabulary, places of worship, and representations. The second part focuses on individual ...
Paperback. Price GB £31.50
Die Strahlen der Herrscher: Theomorphes Herrscherbild und politische Symbolik im Hellenismus und in der römischen Kaiserzeit
by Marianne Bergmann
Study of the meaning of the rays and crowns of Hellenistic and Roman imperial images of rulers in statues and on coins. Bergmann discusses the question of the theomorphe representation of these figures, whether they were meant to be identified with gods, ...
Hardback. Price GB £72.50
Cabiriaca: Recherches sur l'iconographie du culte des Cabires
by Michele Daumas
Excavations in Thebes, Lemnos and Samothrace have revealed much about the Cabiri, subsidiary divinities worshipped in Greek mystery cult, whose identity was known only to initiates. The author of this work takes as his starting-point the Cabirion of ...
Paperback. Price GB £55.00
Hera: Images, Espaces, Cultes
edited by J. de La Genière
A collection of articles by archaeologists and religious historians about the goddess Hera, exploring themes such as image, iconography, divinity and society, aswell as reporting on recent research at the sanctuaries of Argos, Samos and Foce del Sele. ...
Hardback. Price GB £39.00
Choes and Anthesteria: Athenian Iconography and Ritual
by Richard Hamilton
Using literary evidence and the archaeological record, Hamilton attemots a bold reconstruction of the Anthesteria, an important Athenian religious festival. 288p, 18 photos (Michigan UP 1992)
Hardback. Price GB £37.50
Ancient Religions
Johnston, Sarah Iles
This book reprints sections of the larger reference work Religions of the Ancient World. The aim of the volume is to emphasise the importance of contacts between the relgions of the ancient world, in particular between east and west, and the transmission of religious ideas and practice. The first and larger section of the book outlines a range of comparative approaches to the study of religion, with essays on subjects such as monotheism ...
Paperback. Price GB £14.95
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