Numen : International Review for the History of Religions : Vol. LIX, No.s 1 ; 2-3; 4 ; 5-6 [2012]

Alles, Gregory D. ; & Hammer, Olav ; editors :

Published by Brill, 2012

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24x16cm, 641 pages., FOUR VOLUMES (comprised of 6 issues). Complete for Volume 59 [2012]. This is a collection of six issues [bound in four] of the six-times-annually-published periodical ''Numen : International Review for the History of Religions",  each separately bound in original wrappers, complete for Volume 59 [2012]. Each issue contains 6 papers + reviews & notices. Issues no. 2-3 and 5-6 are double issues. Issue no. 2-3 is a special issue devoted to the theme of 'Alternative Archaeology'. Papers include: [no. 1] Mother of the Gods: Goddess of Power and Protector of Cities; [no. 2-3] Charmed Circle: Stonehenge, Contemporary Paganism and Alternative Archaeology; Hindutva, Mythistory and Pseudoarchaeology or Legitimation Strategies; Traces of the Gods: Ancient Astronauts as a Vision of Our Future; Grounding Faith at Glastonbury: Episodes in the Early History of Alternative Archaeology [no. 4] Ocular Pathologies and the Evil Eye in the Early Roman Principate; Blending into the Religious Landscape: The Yoginis in Benares; [no.s 5-6] Apollo, Helios and the Solstices in the Athenian, Delphian and Delian Calendars; A New Order of the Ages: Eschatological Visions in Virgil and Beyond; etc. Seller Inventory # 032001

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Title: Numen : International Review for the History...

Publisher: Brill

Publication Date: 2012

Binding: Soft cover

Condition: Very Good