Secrecy and Concealment: Studies in the History of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Religions - Couverture rigide

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 9004102353 ISBN 13 : 9789004102354

Editeur : Brill, 1995

Synopsis

This volume deals with secrecy and concealment in the history of mediterranean religions as pattern of social interaction. Secrecy is a powerful means in establishing identity and interaction as G. Simmel has demonstrated. Using his approach the scholars of this volume describe and explain the practical meaning of concealment in two different religious systems: in Egyptian and Greek polytheism and in Jewish, Christian, Gnostic and Shi'i monotheisms. This point of view reveals that all these religions shaped social norms concerning public and private aspects of the human self.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Hans G. Kippenberg, Ph.D. at the University of Göttingen, habilitation at the University of Berlin, held the chair for Comparative religion at the University of Groningen (1977-1989) and presently at Bremen. He is the editor of Numen (Brill).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Brill
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 9004102353
• ISBN 13: 9789004102354
• Reliure: Cuir/luxe
• Nombre de pages: 428
• Éditeur: Kippenberg Hans, Stroumsa Guy
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible