Author: Georges Dumézil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, Persia, and other parts of Italy. What then was truly Roman, and what had Romans done with their borrowings to stamp them with Roman character? By exhaustive study of texts, inscriptions, and archaeology of Roman sacred places, Dumezil traces the formation of archaic Roman religion from Indo-European sources through the development of the rites and beliefs of the Roman republic. He describes a religion that was not only influenced by the other religions with which it came into contact, but influenced them as well, in mutual efforts to distinguish one nation from another. Even so, certain continuities were sustained in order to achieve a religion that crossed generations and ways of life. The worship of certain gods became the special concerns of certain parts of society, all of which needed attention to assure Rome's success in war, civil administration, and the production of food and goods.
Archaic Roman Religion
Author: Georges Dumézil
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, Persia, and other parts of Italy. What then was truly Roman, and what had Romans done with their borrowings to stamp them with Roman character? By exhaustive study of texts, inscriptions, and archaeology of Roman sacred places, Dumezil traces the formation of archaic Roman religion from Indo-European sources through the development of the rites and beliefs of the Roman republic. He describes a religion that was not only influenced by the other religions with which it came into contact, but influenced them as well, in mutual efforts to distinguish one nation from another. Even so, certain continuities were sustained in order to achieve a religion that crossed generations and ways of life. The worship of certain gods became the special concerns of certain parts of society, all of which needed attention to assure Rome's success in war, civil administration, and the production of food and goods.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 338
Book Description
When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, Persia, and other parts of Italy. What then was truly Roman, and what had Romans done with their borrowings to stamp them with Roman character? By exhaustive study of texts, inscriptions, and archaeology of Roman sacred places, Dumezil traces the formation of archaic Roman religion from Indo-European sources through the development of the rites and beliefs of the Roman republic. He describes a religion that was not only influenced by the other religions with which it came into contact, but influenced them as well, in mutual efforts to distinguish one nation from another. Even so, certain continuities were sustained in order to achieve a religion that crossed generations and ways of life. The worship of certain gods became the special concerns of certain parts of society, all of which needed attention to assure Rome's success in war, civil administration, and the production of food and goods.
Archaic Roman Religion
Author: Georges Dumézil
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801854804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
By exhaustive study of texts, inscriptions, and sacred places, Georges Dumezil traces the formation of archaic Roman religion from Indo-European sources through the development of the rites of the Roman republic. He describes a system of beliefs that not only was influenced by other religions with which it came into contact but that influenced them as well.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801854804
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
By exhaustive study of texts, inscriptions, and sacred places, Georges Dumezil traces the formation of archaic Roman religion from Indo-European sources through the development of the rites of the Roman republic. He describes a system of beliefs that not only was influenced by other religions with which it came into contact but that influenced them as well.
Archaic Roman Religion
Author: Georges Dumézil
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9780801854811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, Persia, and other parts of Italy. What then was truly Roman, and what had Romans done with their borrowings to stamp them with Roman character? By exhaustive study of texts, inscriptions, and archaeology of Roman sacred places, Dumezil traces the formation of archaic Roman religion from Indo-European sources through the development of the rites and beliefs of the Roman republic. He describes a religion that was not only influenced by the other religions with which it came into contact, but influenced them as well, in mutual efforts to distinguish one nation from another. Even so, certain continuities were sustained in order to achieve a religion that crossed generations and ways of life. The worship of certain gods became the special concerns of certain parts of society, all of which needed attention to assure Rome's success in war, civil administration, and the production of food and goods.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN: 9780801854811
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
When St. Paul and St. Peter reached Rome they encountered a state-sponsored religion that had been established for centuries. Amid the shrines and temples of Rome, the Romans sought to preserve and strengthen a religion especially suited to the ambitious city. But Roman religion had also proved permeable to many influences, from Greece, Egypt, Persia, and other parts of Italy. What then was truly Roman, and what had Romans done with their borrowings to stamp them with Roman character? By exhaustive study of texts, inscriptions, and archaeology of Roman sacred places, Dumezil traces the formation of archaic Roman religion from Indo-European sources through the development of the rites and beliefs of the Roman republic. He describes a religion that was not only influenced by the other religions with which it came into contact, but influenced them as well, in mutual efforts to distinguish one nation from another. Even so, certain continuities were sustained in order to achieve a religion that crossed generations and ways of life. The worship of certain gods became the special concerns of certain parts of society, all of which needed attention to assure Rome's success in war, civil administration, and the production of food and goods.
Archaic Roman Religion : Dumézil, Georges
Gods of the Ancient Northmen
Author: Georges Dumézil
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520035072
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520035072
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 212
Book Description
Archaic Roman Religion
Author: Georges Dumézil
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801854804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801854804
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Decayed Gods
Author: Wouter W. Belier
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004301518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
In 1930 Dumézil wrote an article in which he defended the Indo-European character of the Indian varnas. In 1986 he was completing his final 25 Esquisses, research proposals the aim of which was to allow his model of the 'idéologie tripartie' of Indo-European traditions to be applied to his 'disciples'. According to this model Indo-European traditions were typified by a threefold division into functions of society, the world of the gods, and the heroic traditions. These were the functions of sovereignty, power and 'fertility'. This theoretical model was elaborated by Dumézil in a large number of books and articles. Between 1930 and 1986 he broadened enormously the amount of data on which his model was based. To do so he had regularly to adapt and reformulate his model. This was not without consequences for the material which he had interpreted earlier on. In this study a detailed description is given of this process of reformulation and reinterpretation and the conclusion is that the totality of the various models does not, despite its aesthetic attraction, satisfy the criteria which should be set for scientific models.
Publisher: BRILL
ISBN: 9004301518
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 271
Book Description
In 1930 Dumézil wrote an article in which he defended the Indo-European character of the Indian varnas. In 1986 he was completing his final 25 Esquisses, research proposals the aim of which was to allow his model of the 'idéologie tripartie' of Indo-European traditions to be applied to his 'disciples'. According to this model Indo-European traditions were typified by a threefold division into functions of society, the world of the gods, and the heroic traditions. These were the functions of sovereignty, power and 'fertility'. This theoretical model was elaborated by Dumézil in a large number of books and articles. Between 1930 and 1986 he broadened enormously the amount of data on which his model was based. To do so he had regularly to adapt and reformulate his model. This was not without consequences for the material which he had interpreted earlier on. In this study a detailed description is given of this process of reformulation and reinterpretation and the conclusion is that the totality of the various models does not, despite its aesthetic attraction, satisfy the criteria which should be set for scientific models.
ARCHAIC ROMAN RELIGION : WITH AN APP. ON THE RELIGION OF THE ETRUSCANS
Camillus
Author: Georges Dumézil
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520028418
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 9780520028418
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 294
Book Description
Archaic Roman Religion
Author: Georges Dumezil
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801954825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Publisher:
ISBN: 9780801954825
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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