TY  - BOOK
AU  - Versnel,H.S.
TI  - Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion: Isis, Dionysos, Hermes : three studies in Henotheism 
T2  - Studies in Greek and Roman Religion
SN  - 9789004296725
AV  - BL722 .V47 2015 v.1
PY  - 2015///
CY  - Leiden
PB  - Brill
KW  - Isis
KW  - Dionysus
KW  - Hermes,
KW  - Greece
KW  - Religion
KW  - Rome
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Preliminary material -- INTRODUCTION -- ISIS, UNA QUAE ES OMNIA. TYRANTS AGAINST TYRANNY: ISIS AS A PARADIGM OF HELLENISTIC RULERSHIP -- EIΣ ΔIONYΣOΣ. THE TRAGIC PARADOX OF THE BACCHAE -- HERMES TER UNUS. MARTIAL 5, 24: TRANSFORMATIONS OF HENOTHEISM -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- INDEXES; Available to subscribing member institutions only
N2  - This is the first of a two-volume collection of studies in inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various types of ambiguity and dissonance. The first volume focuses on the central paradoxes in ancient henotheism. The term 'henotheism' -- a modern formation after the stereotyped acclamation: #EIS O QEOS# (\'one is the god\'), common to early Christianity and contemporaneous paganism -- denotes the specific devotion to one particular god without denying the existence of, or even cultic attention to, other gods. After its prime in the twenties and thirties of this century the term fell into disuse. Nonetheless, the notion of henotheism represents one of the most remarkable and significant shifts in Graeco-Roman religion and hence deserves fresh reconsideration
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/9789004296725
ER  -