Inner purity and pollution in greek religion: Volume I: Early Greek religion
Was Ancient Greek religion really 'mere ritualism'? Early Christians denounced the pagans for the disorderly plurality of their cults, and reduced Greek religion to ritual and idolatry. This work argues that there was an important place for belief in Greek rituals, examining notions of inn...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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| WorldCat: | WorldCat |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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Oxford, United Kingdom
Oxford University Press
2016
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| In: | Year: 2016 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Greece (Antiquity)
/ Religion
/ Cultic purity
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| Further subjects: | B
Greece--Religion--History--To 146 B.C
B Greece B Faith B Greece ; Religion ; History B Greece Religion History |
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Volltext (URL des Erstveröffentlichers) |
| Parallel Edition: | Non-electronic
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| Summary: | Was Ancient Greek religion really 'mere ritualism'? Early Christians denounced the pagans for the disorderly plurality of their cults, and reduced Greek religion to ritual and idolatry. This work argues that there was an important place for belief in Greek rituals, examining notions of inner purity and pollution as a manifestation of such belief |
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| Physical Description: | 1 Online-Ressource |
| ISBN: | 9780191821851 |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198768043.001.0001 |
