Kleine Schriften

Volume 4 (1913) contains 22 essays on the history of religion, ranging from Kallone to Chrysostom.

Hermann Usener (Author)

9781108017268, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 2 December 2010

530 pages
21.6 x 3 x 14 cm, 0.67 kg

The German scholar Hermann Usener (1834–1905) made an important contribution to nineteenth-century scholarship in the fields of philology and comparative religion. In order to recreate a picture of the religions of the Greco-Roman world he drew on elements from the fields of ethnology, phenomenology and hermeneutics. This four-volume collection of essays and reviews was published posthumously in 1912–1914. Volume 4 (1913) contains 22 of Usener's essays on the history of religion, arranged in chronological order. Usener's impressive command of the field is demonstrated in this wide-ranging book, which includes studies of the god Kallone, flood myths, John Chrysostom's understanding of the origins of the divine liturgy, and Keraunos, the King of Macedonia.

Vorwort
1. Kallone
2. Italische Mythen
3. Das Verhältnis des römischen Senats zur Kirche in der Ostgothenzeit
4. Gielebert de la Porrée
5. Weihnachtspredigt des Sophronios
6. Chronistische Aufzeichnungen über die Jahre 1414–1420
7. Pasparios
8. Übersehenes
9. Der Stoff des griechischen Epos
10. Göttliche Synonyme
11. Beiläufige Bemerkungen
12. Aus Julian von Halikarnass
13. Zwillingsbildung
14. Italische Volksjustiz
15. Zu den Sintfluthsagen
16. Divus Alexander
17. Milch und Honig
18. Eine Spur des Petrusevangeliums
19. Heilige Handlung
20. Psithyros
21. Klagen und Lachen
22. Keraunos
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Subject Areas: Language: history & general works [CBX]