Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion: V. 1. Ter Unus, Isis, Dionysos, Her
by HS Versnel (9789004092662)

Inconsistencies in Greek and Roman Religion: V. 1. Ter Unus, Isis, Dionysos, Her (Book)

HS Versnel
Release Date: 17 Aug 1997
Format: paperback
Pages: 281
ISBN: 9789004092662
ISBN-10: 9004092668

This is the first of a two-volume collection of studies in inconsistencies in Greek and Roman religion. Their common aim is to argue for the historical relevance of various types of ambiguity and dissonance. The first volume focuses on the central paradoxes in ancient henotheism. The term "henotheism" - a modern formation after the stereotyped acclamation: #EIS O QEOS# ("one is the god"), common to early Christianity and contemporaneous paganism - denotes the specific devotion to one particular god without denying the existence of, or even cultic attention to, other gods. After its prime in the 1920s and 1930s the term fell into disuse. Nonetheless, the notion of henotheism represents one of the most remarkable and significant shifts in Graeco-Roman religion.

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