Worshiped throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the -Mother of the Gods- was known by a variety of names. Among peoples of Asia Minor, where her cult first began, she often shared the names of local mountains. The Greeks commonly called her Cybele, the name given to her by the Phrygians of Asia Minor, and identified her with their own mother goddesses Rhea, Gaia, and Demeter. The Romans adopted her worship at the end of the Second Punic War and called her Mater Magna, Great Mother. Her cult became one of the three most important mystery cults in the Roman Empire, along with those of...
Worshiped throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the -Mother of the Gods- was known by a variety of names. Among peoples of Asia Minor, where ...
The present volume is the result of a team research which gathered biblical scholars, philologists, and historians of religions, on the issue of the multiple "Interpretations of Moses" inherited from the ancient mediterranean cultures. The concrete outcome of this comparative inquiry is the common translation and commentary of the fragments from the works of the mysterious Artapanus. The comparative perspective suggested here is not so much methodological, or thematic. It is first of all an invitation to cross disciplinary boundaries and to take account of the contributions of diverse...
The present volume is the result of a team research which gathered biblical scholars, philologists, and historians of religions, on the issue of the m...
Exercices d'histoire des religions is a collection of the most important articles published by Philippe Borgeaud during his career as the professor of history of religions at the University of Geneva (Switzerland). These nineteen studies showcase the many reflections of the Swiss scholar of religion on the categories and tools used to describe and compare such evanescent concepts as "religions," "myths" and "rituals," and his methodology for a critical and comparative study of ancient and modern religions. Through them, readers will gain a clear understanding of the importance such an...
Exercices d'histoire des religions is a collection of the most important articles published by Philippe Borgeaud during his career as the profe...
La question du reve est part integrante de la question de la religion et interesse de ce fait au plus haut point l histoire comparee des religions. Non seulement les reves ont-ils souvent ete a l origine d une religion, mais ils sont frequemment un de ses vecteurs principaux. En incluant la dimension onirique comme un element constitutif du religieux et en developpant des methodes pour l investiguer, le present ouvrage se propose de montrer le lien consubstantiel entre religion et reve. Les etudes reunies sont issues du colloque Reves, visions revelatrices: reception et interpretation des...
La question du reve est part integrante de la question de la religion et interesse de ce fait au plus haut point l histoire comparee des religions. No...
