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Sibyls and Seers (Routledge Revivals)
A Survey of Some Ancient Theories of Revelation and Inspiration
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Sibyls and Seers (Routledge Revivals)
A Survey of Some Ancient Theories of Revelation and Inspiration
About this book
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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Index
Abaris, 54
Abraham, 83, 100, 168, 169
Adam and Eve, Books of, 56
Adonis, 88, note
Aeacidae, 75
Aeneas, 44
Aeschylus, 81, 105, 106, 153
Aethalides, 50
Aius Loquens, 101
Alcibiades, heretic, 115, 116
Aldebert, 118
Alexander of Abunoteichos, 77
Ammon, Oracle of, 141
Anaxagoras, 23, 24
Angels, 29, 30, 33, 67, 83, 85–87
Antiochus Cyzicenus, 107
Antisthenes, 53
Anubis, 77
Anyte, 113, 114
Apocalypses, Christian, 58–60
Apollo, 139, 156; see also Delphic Oracle
Arakiel, 86
Ares, 139
Argonautica, the, 49
Aristophanes, 54
Aristotle, 43, 180; see also Peripatetics
Armaros, 86
Artā-ī Vīrāf, 59, 60
Artemidorus of Daldis, 133
Artemis of Ephesus, 73
Artemis Leucophryene of Magnesia, 69, 78
Asklepios, 74, 77–80, 88 note, 103, 113, 114
Athena, 70–73, 74, 81
Athens, 50, 51, 74, 137
Atridae, katabasis of, 46
Attalus II, 73
Attis, 88 note, 175
Audelay, 120
Auditions, 104
Augustine, Saint, 161–165
Azazel, 86
Babylonian myth, 44, 45
Bakis, 48, 138
Baptism of Christ, 100
Barakijal, 86
Bar-kokhba, 108
Barnabas, Saint, 74
Bar Qappara...
Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Half Title page
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Original Title Page
- Original Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Preface
- Contents
- I Belief in a Spirit-World
- II Travellers Beyond the Bourne
- III Epiphanies and Ghosts
- IV The Voice and the Letter
- V The God in the Breast
- VI Ecstasy and Dream
- Index
- Index