06132cam a2200877Ii 4500 ocn866440850 OCoLC 20200709055957.0 m d cr |n||||||||| 131221s2013 enka ob 001 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ N15 WAU OCLCA OCLCQ OCLCO YDXCP OCLCF N$T CAMBR NHM OH1 OCLCQ NRC VLB 865077054 869281919 9781139814669 (electronic bk.) 1139814664 (electronic bk.) 9781107496958 1107496950 9781461953807 1461953804 9781107038219 (print) 9781107516830 1107516838 1107038219 (hardback) (OCoLC)866440850 (OCoLC)865077054 (OCoLC)869281919 e-gr--- BL820.B2 E36 2013eb OCC 036020 bisacsh REL 072000 bisacsh 292.9 MAIN Edmonds, Radcliffe G., III, 1970- Redefining Ancient Orphism : a Study in Greek Religion / Radcliffe G. Edmonds III. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2013. ©2013 1 online resource (466 pages) : illustrations text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Cover; Halftitle; Title; Copyright; Contents; Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Note on abbreviations; Part I Introduction: Definitions old and new; Chapter One The name of Orpheus; Ancient Orpheus; Age old new age; Redefining ancient Orphism; Chapter Two Orphism through the ages; The Classical category; The Hellenistic category; Roman period; The crystallization of the category among the Christians and Neoplatonists; The Christian apologists' construction of Orphism; The Neoplatonic construction of Orphism; Orphism as a systematic religion; Orpheus in the middle ages. The Renaissance of OrpheusFrom the Renaissance to the nineteenth century; The impact of new evidence: The "Orphic" gold tablets; More new discoveries: The Linear B tablets, gold tablets, and the Derveni papyrus; Orphism in the twenty-first century; Redefining ancient Orphism: Rejecting the Orphic exception; Chapter Three The problem of definition; Cue validity; Beyond Linforth: A new definition; Emic vs. etic definitions; Valid cues: Extra-ordinary purity, sanctity, antiquity, and strangeness; Consequences of the new definition; Conclusion: Redefining ancient Orphism. Part II Orphic scriptures or the vaporings of many books?Chapter Four Orphic textuality; Orphic textuality; Textual orientation; Bibliolatry; The writing of Orpheus; Ritual texts; The hubbub of books in Classical Athens; The Technology of the Book; The contest context; The epideixis of exegesis: The Derveni author and his text; The name of Orpheus; Chapter Five Orphic hieroi logoi; Sacred texts: Myth and ritual again; The form of Orphic poems; The nature of the Rhapsodic collection; Chapter Six Orphic mythology; Cosmogony; The Orphic egg; Close the doors of your ears. Poems for the sacred ritesThe aggrieved goddess; Threatened infant god; Alien and perverse tales; Tales from the life of Orpheus; Exotic myths; Part III Orphic doctrines or the pure from the pure?; Chapter Seven Orphic purity; Introduction: Pure from the pure; An absence of Orphics; Ritual experts and their clients; From begging priests and diviners to magicians and orpheotelests; Clientele -- others associated with Orpheus; The works of Orpheus: Teletai and katharmoi; The mysteries of Orpheus: Special relations with the gods; Practices of purity; Contingent purifications. Diagnosis through omens and oraclesPrescriptions for purification; Orpheus as the founder of mysteries for the Mother; Orpheus as the founder of Bacchic rites; Conclusion: The Orphic label for rites and people; Chapter Eight Life in the afterlife; Life in the afterlife; The Homeric afterlife; Differentiated afterlives; Poetic immortality and the Homeric afterlife; Orpheus and eschatology; Orphic ideas of the soul; Body and soul; Reincarnation; Blowing in the wind; Conclusions; Chapter Nine Original sin or ancestral crimes; The web of Penelope; Recompense for the ancient grief. That old Titanic nature. In a paradigm shift, redefines Orphism as a polemical label for extra-ordinary religion, good or bad. Print version record. Includes bibliographical references (pages 400-422) and indexes. Master record variable field(s) change: 050 Dionysus (Greek deity) Cult. Dionysus (Greek deity) fast (OCoLC)fst00894082 Dionysia. Cults Greece. BODY, MIND & SPIRIT Spirituality Paganism & Neo-Paganism. bisacsh RELIGION Antiquities & Archaeology. bisacsh Cults. fast (OCoLC)fst00884980 Dionysia. fast (OCoLC)fst01198487 Greece. fast (OCoLC)fst01208380 Orphik. Religion. Rezeption. Cults. Dionysia. Dionysus (Greek deity) Cult. Griechenland. gnd Electronic books. Print version: Edmonds, Radcliffe G. (Radcliffe Guest), 1970- Redefining Ancient Orphism : A Study in Greek Religion. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, ©2013 9781107038219 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=644582 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1543625 EBSCOhost EBSC 644582 YBP Library Services YANK 11409003 YBP Library Services YANK 11426058 YBP Library Services YANK 11440516 YBP Library Services YANK 11719803 YBP Library Services YANK 11406417 92 N$T 53983 53983