Mother of the Gods: From Cybele to the Virgin Mary
Philippe Borgeaud
(Author)
Lysa Hochroth
(Translator)
Description
This important work by a major scholar of ancient religion traces the history of the Mother of the Gods, originally an Anatolian deity whose cult spread through the Hellenistic, Roman, and ultimately Christian worlds, through shifting cultural and historical contexts.
Product Details
Price
$67.85
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Publish Date
December 01, 2004
Pages
208
Dimensions
6.38 X 9.26 X 0.77 inches | 1.05 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780801879852
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About the Author
Philippe Borgeaud is a professor of the history of religion at the University of Geneva and the author of several books, including The Cult of Pan in Ancient Greece.
Reviews
A carefully researched and . . . persuasively argued book that will be of interest to academic libraries and scholars in the field.
--Joseph Molleur, Anglican Theological Review
Fascinating narrative . . . combined with the visually-striking jacket cover illustration . . . entices the potential reader.
--Daniel Keating, Henoch
Borgeaud has read widely and chooses judiciously from among an array of pictorial and written remains to construct a series of striking images that reveal and unravel the amazingly complex paths taken by the goddess and her companions during a millennium of antiquity.
--Choice
This slim book is packed with terrific material . . . Flashes of insight are something Borgeaud does well. He also asks big questions.
--Times Literary Supplement
--Joseph Molleur, Anglican Theological Review
Fascinating narrative . . . combined with the visually-striking jacket cover illustration . . . entices the potential reader.
--Daniel Keating, Henoch
Borgeaud has read widely and chooses judiciously from among an array of pictorial and written remains to construct a series of striking images that reveal and unravel the amazingly complex paths taken by the goddess and her companions during a millennium of antiquity.
--Choice
This slim book is packed with terrific material . . . Flashes of insight are something Borgeaud does well. He also asks big questions.
--Times Literary Supplement
