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The origins of the Mithraic mysteries [electronic resource]. : cosmology and salvation in the ancient world / David Ulansey.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ulansey, David.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mithraism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiv, 154 p.) : ill.
- Other Title:
- origins of the Mithraic mysteries
- Place of Publication:
- New York ; Oxford : Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Summary:
- This volume sets forth a new explanation of the meaning of the cult of Mithraism, tracing its origins not, as commonly held, to the ancient Persian religion, but to ancient astronomy and cosmology.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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