Description: Divinity and History: The Religion of Herodotus Author: Thomas Harrison Title: Divinity and History: The Religion of Herodotus Publication: Oxford University Press, 2000 Description: Hardcover. Black cloth on boards with gilt lettering to spine. Dust jacket has wear to the head and tail of the spine and along the top of the front cover. Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes a list of abbreviations, appendices [2], bibliography, general index and index of passages of Herodotus cited. 332 pp.Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Very Good / Very good. Critics of Herodotus have generally shown an unease in the face of the religious passages of the Histories, a sense that he lets himself down' by delving into matters irrelevant to the proper purpose of history. They have consequently tended to latch on to isolated instances of scepticism in an attempt to save Herodotus from imagined charges of obscurantism. Historians of Greek religion, on the other hand, by their concentration on ritual have often neglected the value of literary sources as evidence of religious belief; indeed the term belief has become something of a dirty word. In this book, the first full-length study of the subject in English, Dr Harrison not only places Herodotus' religious beliefs at the centre of his conception of history, but by seeing instances of scepticism and of belief in relation to one another redresses the recent emphasis on the centrality of ritual, and paints a picture of Greek religion as a means for the explanation of events. Seller ID: 202007 Subject: From the Library of Peter Green, Philosophy, Religion The Anthropologists Closet offers a wide variety of non-fiction academic books that are hard to find. We have been in business since 2014. Terms All orders ship within two business days. All items are guaranteed to be as described or they may be returned within 30 days of receipt for a full refund.This listing was created by Bibliopolis.
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Author: Thomas Harrison
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Year Printed: 2000
Special Attributes: Dust Jacket
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English
Subject: History
