Asclepius: Collection and Interpretation of the Testimonies - Softcover

Edelstein, Prof Emma J. J.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0801857694 ISBN 13: 9780801857690

Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1998

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277p black paperback, book is clean and fresh and appears unread

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Críticas:

"It will remain the cornerstone for future study."

(Philosophical Review)

"A useful and scholarly work which in certain respects makes considerable contributions to our knowledge and appreciation of Asclepius."

(Martin P. Nilsson American Journal of Philology)

Reseña del editor:

Throughout nearly all of antiquity, the legendary Greek physician, Asclepius, son of Apollo and Coronis, was not only the primary representative of divine healing, but also so influential in the religious life of later centuries that, as Emma J. Edelstein and Ludwig Edelstein point out, "in the final stages of paganism, of all genuinely Greek gods, [he] was judged the foremost antagonist of Christ." Providing an overview of all facets of the Asclepius phenomenon, this book, first published in two volumes in 1945, comprises a unique collection of the literary references and inscriptions in ancient texts―given in both the original and translation―to the deity, his life, his deeds, his cult, and his temples, as well as an extended analysis of them.

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• Verlag: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0801857694
• ISBN 13: 9780801857690
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 784