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Romanising Oriental Gods

Myth, Salvation and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele, Isis and Mithras

By: Jaime Alvar

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Romanising Oriental Gods

Myth, Salvation and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele, Isis and Mithras

By: Jaime Alvar

The traditional grand narrative correlating the decline of Graeco-Roman religion with the rise of Christianity has been under pressure for three decades. This book argues that the alternative accounts now emerging significantly underestimate the role of three major cults, of Cybele and Attis, Isis and Serapis, and Mithras. Although their differences are plain, these cults present sufficient common features to justify their being taken typologically as a group. All were selective adaptations of much older cults of the Fertile Crescent. It was their relative sophistication, their combination of the imaginative power of unfamiliar myth with distinctive ritual performance and ethical seriousness, that enabled them both to focus and to articulate a sense of the autonomy of religion from the socio-political order, a sense they shared with Early Christianity. The notion of 'mystery' was central to their ability to navigate the Weberian shift from ritualist to ethical salvation.

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9047441842

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Romanising Oriental Gods

Myth, Salvation, and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele, Isis, and Mithras

By: Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

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Myth, Salvation, and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele, Isis, and Mithras

By: Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

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Economic History of Spain

By: Jaime Vicens Vives

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Economic History of Spain

By: Jaime Vicens Vives

This comprehensive account of the economic development of Spain, available for the first time in English, is generally regarded as a major achievement in Spanish historiography. It covers the entire history of Spain's economic and social evolution from prehistoric times to the end of the nineteenth century. The book originated from lectures given at the University of Barcelona by Jaime Vicens Vives, who has been called Spain’s greatest historian in recent decades. Aware of all the major interpretations of Spanish history, the author draws upon the recent research of Spanish, French, and American historians; yet to the overall picture he gives his own imprint. Originally published in 1969. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

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Princeton University Press

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1400879566

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9781400879564

Indians in Overalls

By: Jaime de Angulo

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Indians in Overalls

By: Jaime de Angulo

The best-known work by the eccentric anthropologist Jaime de Angulo, Indians in Overalls is a fascinating account of his first linguistic field trip—in 1921—to the Achumawi tribe of northeastern California. The Pit River tribe had lived in the barren high country for thousands of years and, despite the harsh climate and difficult living conditions, they had developed an extraordinary complex language and a rich mythology. As he traveled with the tribe and learned the spoken language, he observed gambling games and shamanistic practices, and he collected some of the marvelous stories told around the fire in the winter lodges. Of all the people he worked with, he felt closest to the Achumawi, among whom he discovered “the spirit of wonder, the recognition of life as power. . .” "One of the most outstanding writers I have ever encountered." — William Carlos Williams Jaime de Angulo (1887-1950) was a Paris-born Spanish novelist and linguist. His other works include Coyote Man and Old Doctor Loon, Coyote's Bones, and The Lariat: and Other Writings.

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120

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City Lights Books

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0872868672

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9780872868670

The Lariat

And Other Writings

By: Jaime De Angulo

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The Lariat

And Other Writings

By: Jaime De Angulo

One of the most colorful and captivating writers of the 20th century, Jaime de Angulo came to America to become a cowboy, not an author. And he did become a cowboy—and a doctor, and a psychologist, and a highly regarded anthropologist. However, it was as a writer that he ultimately found his true calling. His stories uniquely represented the bohemian sensibility of the time, and he was known for infusing intellectualism into his coyote tales and shamanic mysticism. So vivid were his tales that Ezra Pound called him "the American Ovid," and William Carlos Williams claimed that de Angulo was "one of the most outstanding writers that I have ever encountered." The Lariat, which may well be his most important piece of fiction, is highlighted in this prize collection, along with other writings that have long been unavailable.

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209

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Catapult

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1582435960

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9781582435961

Approaches to the History of Spain

By: Jaime Vicens Vives

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Approaches to the History of Spain

By: Jaime Vicens Vives

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices Revived makes high-quality, peer-reviewed scholarship accessible once again using print-on-demand technology. This title was originally published in 1970.

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0520365259

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Romanising Oriental Gods

Myth, Salvation, and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele, Isis, and Mithras

By: Jaime Alvar Ezquerra

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Myth, Salvation, and Ethics in the Cults of Cybele, Isis, and Mithras

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Perla la Loca

A Love and Rockets Book

By: Jaime Hernandez

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Perla la Loca

A Love and Rockets Book

By: Jaime Hernandez

In these classic "Locas" stories, Jaime drops a narrative bomb on Hopey (and us) in "Wigwam Bam"; Maggie contends with her inner demons, a murderous hooker, and an amorous lady wrestler; and Maggie, getting married?

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Fantagraphics Books

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156097883X

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Romanising Oriental Gods

Romanising Oriental Gods

Romanising Oriental Gods

Romanising Oriental Gods

Economic History of Spain

Economic History of Spain

Indians in Overalls

Indians in Overalls

The Lariat

The Lariat

Approaches to the History of Spain

Approaches to the History of Spain

Romanising Oriental Gods

Romanising Oriental Gods

Perla la Loca

Perla la Loca

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