Author: BEARD, MARY; NORTH, JOHN
Title: Pagan Priests Religion and Power in the Ancient World
Description: Duckworth, 1990. Hardcover. ISBN: 0715622064. Foxing/dustsoiling to top of textblock. Scholar's bookplate to inner cover (G. P. Goold). Minor shelfwear to DJ. ; Five of the nine essays in this volume concern the Roman Republic and Empire. Pagan Priests opens with Mary Beard's "Priesthood in the Roman Republic", followed by John North's "Diviners and Divination in Rome" (also Republican in focus). Three pieces by Richard Gordon on Roman Imperial religion close the work: "From Republic to Principate: Priesthood, Religion and Ideology"; "The Veil of Power: Emperors, Sacrificers and Benefactors"; and "Religion in the Roman Empire: The Civic Compromise and its Limits". Classical Athens, Ptolemaic Memphis, the Babylonian priesthood and Mycenaean Pylos each receive one chapter, sandwiched between the Roman bits. ; 9.75 x 1 x 6.5 Inches; 266 pages. Very Good in Very Good+ dust jacket .

Keywords: 0715622064 Clergy Christianity Religion & Spirituality Comparative Religion Religious Studies History Paganism Roman Religion Roman Republic


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