Secrecy and concealment: studies in the history of mediterranean and Near Eastern religions

This volume deals with secrecy and concealment in the history of mediterranean religions as pattern of social interaction. Secrecy is a powerful means in establishing identity and interaction as G. Simmel has demonstrated. Using his approach the scholars of this volume describe and explain the pract...

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Contributors: Kippenberg, Hans Gerhard 1939- (Editor) ; Sṭrumzah, Gedalyahu Gʹ. 1948- (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
German
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Published: Leiden New York Brill 1995
In: Studies in the history of religions (volume 65)
Year: 1995
Series/Journal:Studies in the history of religions volume 65
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Mediterranean area / Polytheism / Secret / History
B Near East / Monotheism / Secret / History
B Kippenberg, Hans Gerhard 1939- / Secret
Further subjects:B Mediterranean area
B Secrecy Religious aspects Congresses
B Religion
B Mittlerer Osten
B North Africa
B Christianity
B History
B Near East
B Mediterranean Region Religion Congresses
B Islam
B Middle East Religion Congresses
B Judaism
B Naher und Mittlerer Osten und Nordafrika Mediterranean area History of religion studies Religion Islam Christianity Judaism
B Conference program 1993 (Homburg, Höhe)
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Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
Erscheint auch als: Secrecy and Concealment: Studies in the History of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Religions. - Leiden, Boston : BRILL, [1995]. - 9789004102354
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Summary:This volume deals with secrecy and concealment in the history of mediterranean religions as pattern of social interaction. Secrecy is a powerful means in establishing identity and interaction as G. Simmel has demonstrated. Using his approach the scholars of this volume describe and explain the practical meaning of concealment in two different religious systems: in Egyptian and Greek polytheism and in Jewish, Christian, Gnostic and Shi'i monotheisms. This point of view reveals that all these religions shaped social norms concerning public and private aspects of the human self.
Item Description:Proceedings of a meeting held June 1-4, 1993, at the Werner Reimers-Stiftung, Bad Homburg, Germany
Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:9004378871
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/9789004378872