Item #58293 The 'Mithras Liturgy'; Text, Translation, and Commentary; (Studien Und Texte Zu Antike Und Christentum / Studies And Te). Hans Dieter BETZ.

The 'Mithras Liturgy'; Text, Translation, and Commentary; (Studien Und Texte Zu Antike Und Christentum / Studies And Te)

Türbingen, Germany: Mohr Siebeck, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. Octavo. xviii + 274pp. + adverts. Bright blue cloth with gilt lettering to upper board and spine, b&w illustrations and plates, bibliography and index. Some Greek text. From the jacket: "Betz provides the first complete English commentary on one of the most important texts of the history of religions in late antiquity: the so-called Mithras Liturgy, a magic Graeco-Egyptian papyrus from the 4th century AD, written from the inner perspective by an initiated devotee of the god Helios-Mithras-Aion and containing an esoteric ritual instruction for an ascension to and consultation with the god. In addition to an introduction into the history of research since Albrecht Dieterich's famous work Eine Mithraslithurgie (1903), the volume contains the Greek text and the English translation, an analysis of the literary composition, and a commentary establishing the text and contextualizing it in relation to Egyptian religion, Mithraism, hermeticism and gnosticism. At the end of the book there is a bibliography and a Greek word-index." A tight bright about Fine copy in VG+ dust jacket (Dust jacket lightly rubbed, a little discolouration to head of spine, ISBN sticker on rear panel, not clipped). Item #58293
ISBN: 3161481283

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