Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World

Name: Origins of the Mithraic Mysteries Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World
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ISBN: 9780195067880

ISBN-10: 0195067886

ISBN-13: 9780195067880

Edition: 1989 (Reprint)

Authors: David Ulansey

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David Ulansey's book breaks new scholastic ground by arguing that the Roman cult of Mithras did not originate in Persia, as previously thought. Instead, Ulansey suggests, the cult was triggered by the reaction of a group of Tarsian intellectuals to the discovery in 128 BCE, of the Precession of the Spheres. To these fatalistic Stoics the only possible explanation for this phenomenon was the existence of a divinity powerful enough to shift the heavens, and this was to become the revelation at the heart of the Mithraic mysteries. This information was then married to the astrology of the zodiac and to the symbolism of popular Tarsian myths surrounding Perseus to create the fabric of the…

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List price: $21.99
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 3/28/1991
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 168
Size: 8.27" wide x 5.51" long x 0.43" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English