This book sets forth an entirely new explanation of the meaning of one of the most popular religions of the Romans. The so-called "mystery religion" of Mithraism began to spread in the Roman Empire in the first century CE, reached its peak in the third century, and finally succumbed to Christianity at the end of the fourth century. At its height, the cult could be found "from the Black Sea to the mountains of Scotland", and it was evidently one of the principle competitors of early Christianity. Yet because of the great ...
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This book sets forth an entirely new explanation of the meaning of one of the most popular religions of the Romans. The so-called "mystery religion" of Mithraism began to spread in the Roman Empire in the first century CE, reached its peak in the third century, and finally succumbed to Christianity at the end of the fourth century. At its height, the cult could be found "from the Black Sea to the mountains of Scotland", and it was evidently one of the principle competitors of early Christianity. Yet because of the great secrecy surrounding the practice of Mithraism almost nothing is known about the beliefs of the cult. The dominant theory about Mithraism has held it to derive from the ancient Persian religion of Zoroastrianism. In this groundbreaking work, however, David Ulansey argues its true origins lie in ancient astronomy and cosmology. All the iconography of the god Mithras, he shows, clearly correlates with contemporary representations of Perseus and the constellations that surround him. Based on this discovery, Ulansey constructs a fascinating and persuasive hypothesis concerning the time and place in which the mystery cult arose, and the events that stimulated its expression.
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b occ. Fine in fine jacket. First printing. Fine, fresh copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. 154 pp with bibliography and index. The ancient Roman "mystery religion" of Mithraism---one of the major competitors of early Chrisianity---has captured the imagination of scholars for generations as attemps have been made to penetrate the veil of strict secrecy with which the cult members surrounded their doctrines and practices. In fact, the cult's secret teachings were never recorded in writing. In this work, the author argues that Mithraic iconography was in reality an astronomical code rather than the orevailing opinion that Mithraism was derived from ancient Iranian mythology.
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