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Sibyls and Seers (Routledge Revivals): A Survey of Some Ancient Theories of Revelation and Inspiration

By Edwyn Bevan

Book information

Publisher
Taylor and Francis
Year
2014
ISBN
9781317682066, 9781138023819, 9781315773650
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
509 kB (520859 bytes)
Series
Routledge Revivals
Edition
First Edition
Pages
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Time added
2023-01-10 14:16:23
Religion & Spirituality; Nonfiction; REL000000; RE

Description

The ancient world as a whole believed in the existence of a world of spirits beyond, or alongside, the visible, tangible world. They believed also that communications between these two worlds frequently took place: everywhere we find diviners and prophets, oracles and visionaries. First published in 1928, Sibyls and Seers investigates the various aspects of this 'superstition' in the Ancient Near East, in Homer, the Greek tragedians, and the myriad religions of the Roman Empire. The theophanies of Yahweh in the Old Testament - Enoch, Jeremiah, Ezekiel – are given some attention, as is the tradition in Christian theology and literature: St Paul, Pope Gregory the Great, Dionysius the Areopagite, and the Scholastics. These lectures are clearly written, broad in scope and full of insight for contemporary students of religion, theology and anthropology.

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