Dioscuri in the Christian Legends

Informationen zum Autor J. Rendell Harris (1852-1941) was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He taught at Johns Hopkins University, Haverford College, and Leiden University. He was renowned for his acquisition and interpretation of ancient manuscripts. Klappentext This book traces the influence of the ancient pagan legends of Castor and Pollux, the Dioscuri, on later Christian hagiography. Zusammenfassung This book traces the influence of the ancient pagan legends of Castor and Pollux! the Dioscuri! on Christian hagiography. Rendel Harris charts how the Church not only displaced ancient religious practices centred around the Dioscuri with their own traditions! but also how Christians took pagan legends and reshaped them for their own purposes. Inhaltsverzeichnis The Dioscuri in the Christian legends.

Product details

• Authors: J Rendel Harris, J. Rendel Harris
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 09.04.2015
• EAN: 9781107497764
• ISBN: 978-1-107-49776-4
• No. of pages: 70
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; HISTORY / Ancient / Rome, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Ancient, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Roman religion and mythology, Roman religion & mythology