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084 _aonline - DeGruyter
100 1 _aClauss, Manfred
_eautore
245 1 4 _aThe Roman Cult of Mithras :
_bThe God and His Mysteries /
_cManfred Clauss.
264 1 _aEdinburgh :
_bEdinburgh University Press,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2000
300 _a1 online resource (256 p.) :
_b124 illustrations
336 _atext
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tList of illustrations --
_tPreface to the English edition --
_tTranslator's preface --
_tForeword --
_tAbbreviations --
_tContexts --
_t1. Mitra and Mithras --
_t2. Religious perspectives in the Roman empire --
_t3. Mystery religions --
_t4. The nature of the evidence --
_tThe God and his Mysteries --
_t5. The growth of the cult --
_t6. Recruitment --
_t7. The mithraeum --
_t8. The sacred narrative --
_t9. Ritual --
_t10. Utensils --
_t11. The priestly grades --
_t12. Mithras, swift to save --
_t13. Mithras and the other gods --
_t14. Mithras and Christ --
_tNotes --
_tBibliography --
_tFurther reading --
_tGeneral Index --
_tIndex of ancient passages --
_tIndex of monuments and inscriptions
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aSince its publication in Germany Manfred Clauss's introduction to the Roman Mithras cult has become widely accepted as the most reliable, as well as the most readable, account of its elusive and fascinating subject. For the English edition the author has revised the work to take account of recent research and new archaeological discoveries.The mystery cult of Mithras first became evident in Rome towards the end of the first century AD. During the next two centuries, carried by its soldier and merchant devotees, it spread to the frontier of the western empire from Britain to Bosnia. Perhaps because of odd similarities between the cult and their own religion the early Christians energetically suppressed it, frequently constructing churches over the caves (Mithraea) in which its rituals took place. By the end of the fourth century the cult was extinct.Professor Clauss draws on the archaeological evidence from over 400 temples and their contents including over a thousand representations of ritual in sculpure and painting to seek an understanding of the nature and purpose of the cult, and what its mysteries and secret rites of initiation and sacrifice meant to its devotees. In doing so he introduces the reader to the nature of the polytheistic societies of the Roman Empire, in which relations and distinctions between gods and mortals now seem strangely close and blurred. He also considers the connections of Mithraicism with astrology, and examines how far it can be seen as a direct descendant of the ancient cult of Mitra, the Persian god of contract, cattle and light.The book combines imaginative insight with coherent argument. It is well-structured, accessibly written and extensively illustrated. Richard Gordon, the translator and himself a distinguished scholar of the subject, has provided a bibliography of further reading for anglophone readers.
530 _aIssued also in print.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Mrz 2022)
650 0 _aMithraism.
650 4 _aClassics & Ancient History.
650 7 _aHISTORY / Ancient / Rome.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.1515/9781474465793
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781474465793
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