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Isis in the ancient world / R.E. Witt.

By: Publication details: Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 1997.Description: 336 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0801856426
  • 9780801856426
Uniform titles:
  • Isis in the Graeco-Roman world
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 299/.31 21
LOC classification:
  • BL2450.I7 W58 1997
Other classification:
  • 11.10
Online resources:
Contents:
The ancient goddess of the Nile -- Isis, giver of life -- Osiris : brother, husband, son -- The spread of the Egyptian faith -- In the house of Isis -- To the shores of Italy -- The holy servants of Isis -- Telling forth her praises -- The one whose names cannot be numbered -- The all-loving mother -- Great Artemis-Isis -- Mystery and sacrament -- The procession to the ship -- Healing the sick -- The guardian guide and herald -- The young king and lord of all -- The goddess darling of Roman emperors -- Xenophon's Isiac romance -- The Pauline view -- The great forerunner.
Review: "Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B.C. and extended at least until the fifth century A.D. throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass, and evidence of its influence has been found in places as far apart as Afghanistan and Portugal, the Black Sea and northern England. The first study to document the extent and complexity of the cult's influences on Graeco-Roman and early Christian culture, R.E. Witt's acclaimed Isis in the Ancient World is now available in paperback."--Jacket.
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Books Academic Resource Center at Levitt General Stacks (LOWER Level) BL 2450 .I7 W58 1997 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 140415

Originally published: Isis in the Graeco-Roman world. Ithaca, N.Y. : Cornell University Press, 1971.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331) and index.

The ancient goddess of the Nile -- Isis, giver of life -- Osiris : brother, husband, son -- The spread of the Egyptian faith -- In the house of Isis -- To the shores of Italy -- The holy servants of Isis -- Telling forth her praises -- The one whose names cannot be numbered -- The all-loving mother -- Great Artemis-Isis -- Mystery and sacrament -- The procession to the ship -- Healing the sick -- The guardian guide and herald -- The young king and lord of all -- The goddess darling of Roman emperors -- Xenophon's Isiac romance -- The Pauline view -- The great forerunner.

"Worship of the Egyptian goddess Isis dates as far back as 2500 B.C. and extended at least until the fifth century A.D. throughout the Roman world. The importance of her cult is attested to in Apuleius's Golden Ass, and evidence of its influence has been found in places as far apart as Afghanistan and Portugal, the Black Sea and northern England. The first study to document the extent and complexity of the cult's influences on Graeco-Roman and early Christian culture, R.E. Witt's acclaimed Isis in the Ancient World is now available in paperback."--Jacket.

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