In The Cult Of The Mother-goddess, E.o. James Brings Together The Evidence That Is Now Available 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 Critical Examination. James First Inquires Into The Antecedents Of The Cult From Its Earliest Manifestations In The Sculptured Female Statuettes Commonly Called Venuses, To Its Subsequent Modes Of Expression In Neolithic And Bronze Age Sites. The Association Of The Unmarried Mother, Personifying The Divine Principle Of Maternity, With A Male Partner In The Guise Of The Young God As Her Son Or Spouse, Is Next Considered As The Cult Developed In Mesopotamia And Egypt, In Syria And Anatolia, In Iran And India, And In Crete And The Aegean. Against This Background Is Set The Syncretistic Figure Of The Magna Mater In Phrygia And The Greco-oriental World, Together With Her Mysteries As A Dominant Feature In The Hellenistic Age And The Roman Empire. Finally, The Interpretation Of The Cult In Christendom Is Examined In Its Mystical And Theological Content In Relation To The Church As The Mater Ecclesia And To The Theotokos As The Madonna. The Importance Of The Cult Is Becoming Increasingly Recognized Not Only By Archaeologists, But Also In A Number Of Related Disciplines; There Can Be No Doubt That A Theme Of Such Permanent Significance Demands The Serious And Objective Treatment It Has Received In This Volume--dust Jacket Flaps.
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Publisher : Barnes and Noble
Author : unknown author
Language : English
Edition : 1st.Thus
Published :1994-10-18
Number Of Pages : 300
Binding : Hardcover
ISBN-10 : 1566196000
ISBN-13 : 9781566196000
Item weight : 1.4 lb
Dimensions : 1.3 in x 5.7 in x 8.7 in
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