The Cult of the Mother-Goddess. An Archeological and Documentary Study.
JAMES, E.O.
London: Thames and Hudson, 1959. First Edition Hardcover. 8vo. 300 pp. Red cloth with gilt titling to spine and gilt illustration to upper board; notes, bibliography and index. A landmark work in Goddess literature. In this book, first published in 1959, E. O. James, a Professor Emeritus of the History of Religion, assembled all the then-available evidence "concerning the unique position occupied by the Goddess Cult in myth and ritual, especially in the Ancient Near East, India, and the eastern Mediterranean, and has subjected it to scholarly examination." His conclusions were that the cult had been of great significance, but this had largely ignored by modern scholars, and his book remains important, as attested by the fact that it remains in print nearly fifty years after its first publication. Boards lightly rubbed at edges with some light rubbing to corners and spine ends, endpapers lightly spotted, top and fore-edge foxed and dusty; book seller's label on front free end paper. Otherwise a tight and unmarked VG+ copy in VG- dust jacket. (Dust jacket price clipped and rubbed at all edges, a few tiny chips to fore-edge). (Item ID: 32048)
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