{"product_id":"the-ancient-mysteries-9780812216929","title":"The Ancient Mysteries","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A very balanced selection of sources for the study of the ancient so-called mystery religions, starting with Eleusis and ending with mysteries in Judaism and Christianity... No other modern sourcebook exists in this field.\"-Kurt Rudolph\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"The ancient mysteries have remained all too mysterious because of the lack of ready access to them. . . . Now we have in one volume a fine collection of the sources that have survived. . . . This will be for many students the lifting of the veil for which they have been looking.\" * James Robinson, Institute of Antiquity and Christianity, The Claremont Graduate School *\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Ancient Mysteries\u003c\/i\u003e contains a very balanced selection of sources for the study of the ancient so-called mystery religions, starting with Eleusis and ending with mysteries in Judaism and Christianity. . . . No other modern sourcebook exists in this field. Therefore this book fills a gap not only in the area of late antiquity and early Christianity, but also in the field of history of religions in general.\" * Kurt Rudolph, Philipps-Universitat Marburg, Germany *\u003cbr\u003e\"Unlike most books on 'ancient mysteries,' this one is based on careful reading of the original texts in their original languages. It is a competent, intelligent, and sympathetic study of which the original conclusions deserve careful consideration.\" * Morton Smith, author of \u003ci\u003eJesus the Magician and The Secret Gospe\u003c\/i\u003el *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003e 1. Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Greek Mysteries of the Grain Mother and Daughter, and Related Mysteries\u003cbr\u003e Homeric Hymn to Demeter\u003cbr\u003e Herodotus, History, Book 8 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Aristophanes, The Frogs (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Plutarch of Chaeronea, Progress in Virtue (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Diodorus Siculus, Library of History, Book 5 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Herodotus, History, Book 2 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Lucian of Samosata, Alexander the False Prophet (selection)\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Andanian Mysteries of Messenia\u003cbr\u003e Pausanias, Description of Greece, Book 4 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Rule of the Andanian Mysteries\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Greek Mysteries of Dionysos\u003cbr\u003e Euripides, The Bacchae (selections)\u003cbr\u003e Livy, History of Rome, Book 39 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Achilles Tatius, The Adventures of Leucippe and Clitophon, Book 2 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Pausanias, Description of Greece, Book 6 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Rule of the Iobacchoi\u003cbr\u003e Plato, Republic, Book 2 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Orphic Lamella from Thessaly\u003cbr\u003e Orphic Hymns\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Anatolian Mysteries of the Great Mother and Her Lover, and the Syrian Goddess\u003cbr\u003e Arnobius of Sicca, The Case Against the Pagans, Book 5 (selections)\u003cbr\u003e Livy, History of Rome, Book 29 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Catullus, Poem 63\u003cbr\u003e Prudentius, On the Martyrs' Crowns (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Lucian of Samosata (?), The Syrian Goddess (selections)\u003cbr\u003e Apuleius of Madauros, The Golden Ass, Book 8 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Hippolytus of Rome, Refutation of All Heresies (selections)\u003cbr\u003e 6. The Egyptian Mysteries of Isis and Osiris\u003cbr\u003e Plutarch of Chaeronea, On Isis and Osiris (selections)\u003cbr\u003e Isis Aretalogy from Cyme\u003cbr\u003e Isis Love Spell from the Great Magical Papyrus of Paris (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Apuleius of Madauros, The Golden Ass, Book\u003cbr\u003e Flavius Josephus, Jewish Antiquities, Book 18(selection)\u003cbr\u003e 7. The Roman Mysteries of Mithras\u003cbr\u003e Lucian of Samosata, Menippus (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Plutarch of Chaeronea, Life of Pompey (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Mithraic Inscriptions of Santa Prisca\u003cbr\u003e Firmicus Maternus, The Error of the Pagan Religions (selections)\u003cbr\u003e Origen, Against Celsus (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Porphyry, On the Cave of the Nymphs (selection)\u003cbr\u003e The Mithras Liturgy\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Mysteries within Judaism and Christianity\u003cbr\u003e Plutarch of Chaeronea, Table-Talk, Book 4 (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Philo of Alexandria, On the Contemplative Life (selection)\u003cbr\u003e Clement of Alexandria, \"To Theodore\"\u003cbr\u003e Gospel of Philip (selections)\u003cbr\u003e Clement of Alexandria, Exhortation to the Greeks (selections)\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of Pennsylvania Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49405691953495,"sku":"9780812216929","price":21.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780812216929.jpg?v=1730493295","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-ancient-mysteries-9780812216929","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}