Cognitive and Evolutionary Approaches to Ancient Rituals: Reflections on Recent Theories and Their Relevance for the Historian of Religion

In: Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices
Author:
Risto Uro
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487–510
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https://doi.org/10.1163/9789004215122_024

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Series:  Nag Hammadi and Manichaean Studies, Volume: 76
Cover Mystery and Secrecy in the Nag Hammadi Collection and Other Ancient Literature: Ideas and Practices
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9789004215122
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Brill
Print Publication Date:
01 Jan 2012
Preliminary Material
From the Bowels of Hell to Draco: The Mysteries of the Peratics
Interpretation d’une formule barbare chez les gnostiques valentiniens d’apres le Contre les hérésies d’Irenee, I, 21,3
Mystery and Secrecy in The Secret Revelation of John
Sethian Books of the Nag Hammadi Library as Secret Books
≪Joseph le charpentier planta un jardin . . .≫ (EvPhil 73,8–9) Sens apparent et sens cache dans l’Évangile selon Philippe
Invocation et glorification du Nom divin dans le Livre sacré du grand Esprit invisible ou Évangile égyptien (NHC III,2; NHC IV,2)
The Term μυστήριον in Coptic-Manichaean Texts
Secrets et révélation dans le codex Tchacos
I Tell You a Mystery: From Hidden to Revealed in Sethian Revelation, Ritual, and Protology
Mystery and Secrecy in the Egyptian Desert: Esotericism and Evagrius of Pontus
Secrecy in the Gospel of John
Living in Tombs: The Secret of an Early Christian Mystical Experience
Mystery and Authority in the Writings of Shenoute
Mystery and Secrecy in Paul
Mystere et mysteres dans les Actes de Thomas
Revisiting the Ichthys: A Suggestion Concerning the Origins of Christological Fish Symbolism
Secrecy and Initiation in the Mithraic Communities of Fourth Century Rome
Initiation into the Eleusinian Mysteries: A “Thin” Description
The Notion of Mysteries in the Formation of Hermetic Tradition
Those Who Know and Those Who Don’t: Mystery, Instruction, and Knowledge in 2 Baruch
The “Mithras Liturgy” as Mystery and Magic
The Secret Hymn in Hermetic Texts
Index of Ancient Literary Sources
Index of Keywords

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