The religion of the mithras cult in the Roman Empire : mysteries of the unconquered sun / Roger Beck
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TextoDetalles de publicación: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2006 Descripción: XIII, 285 p. ; 25 cmISBN: 0-19-814089-4Tema(s): Religión romana -- HistoriaResumen: This is a study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life. He employs the methods of anthropology of religion and the new cognitive science of religion to explore in detail the semiotics of the Mysteries' astral symbolism, which has been the principal subject of his many previous publications on the cult.Resumen: Índice: 1. Introduction to interpreting the mysteries: old ways, new ways;2. Old ways: the reconstruction of Mithraic doctrine from iconography; 3. The problem of referents: interpretation with reference to what?; 4. Doctrine redefined; TRANSITION: FROM OLD WAYS TO NEW WAYS; 5. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 1. Introduction and comparisons; 6. Cognition and representation; 7. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 2. The mithraeum; 8. Star-talk: the symbols of the Mithraic mysteries as language signs; 9. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 3. The tauroctony; Conclusions
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This is a study of the religious system of Mithraism, one of the 'mystery cults' popular in the Roman Empire contemporary with early Christianity. Roger Beck describes Mithraism from the point of view of the initiate engaging with the religion and its rich symbolic system in thought, word, ritual action, and cult life. He employs the methods of anthropology of religion and the new cognitive science of religion to explore in detail the semiotics of the Mysteries' astral symbolism, which has been the principal subject of his many previous publications on the cult.
Índice: 1. Introduction to interpreting the mysteries: old ways, new ways;2. Old ways: the reconstruction of Mithraic doctrine from iconography; 3. The problem of referents: interpretation with reference to what?; 4. Doctrine redefined; TRANSITION: FROM OLD WAYS TO NEW WAYS; 5. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 1. Introduction and comparisons; 6. Cognition and representation; 7. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 2. The mithraeum; 8. Star-talk: the symbols of the Mithraic mysteries as language signs; 9. The Mithraic mysteries as symbol system. 3. The tauroctony; Conclusions
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