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Product Identifiers
PublisherJohns Hopkins University Press
ISBN-10080187985X
ISBN-139780801879852
eBay Product ID (ePID)21038731253
Product Key Features
Number of Pages208 Pages
Publication NameMother of the Gods : from Cybele to the Virgin Mary
LanguageEnglish
SubjectAncient / General, General, Goddess Worship, Christian Theology / Mariology
Publication Year2004
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaReligion, Body, Mind & Spirit, History
AuthorPhilippe Borgeaud
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.8 in
Item Weight14.4 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2004-004563
ReviewsBorgeaud has read widely and chooses judiciously from among an array of pictorial and written remains to construct a series of striking images that reveal and unravel the amazingly complex paths taken by the goddess and her companions during a millennium of antiquity., This slim book is packed with terrific material... Flashes of insight are something Borgeaud does well. He also asks big questions., "Borgeaud has read widely and chooses judiciously from among an array of pictorial and written remains to construct a series of striking images that reveal and unravel the amazingly complex paths taken by the goddess and her companions during a millennium of antiquity."-- Choice, "Fascinating narrative... combined with the visually-striking jacket cover illustration... entices the potential reader." -- Daniel Keating, Henoch, Fascinating narrative... combined with the visually-striking jacket cover illustration... entices the potential reader., "This slim book is packed with terrific material... Flashes of insight are something Borgeaud does well. He also asks big questions." -- Times Literary Supplement, ""Fascinating narrative... combined with the visually-striking jacket cover illustration... entices the potential reader."", "This slim book is packed with terrific material... Flashes of insight are something Borgeaud does well. He also asks big questions."--Jane Lightfoot, Times Literary Supplement, A carefully researched and... persuasively argued book that will be of interest to academic libraries and scholars in the field.
Dewey Edition22
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal202/.114
SynopsisWorshiped throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the 'Mother of the Gods' was known by a variety of names. Among peoples of Asia Minor, where her cult first began, she often shared the names of local mountains. The Greeks commonly called her Cybele, the name given to her by the Phrygians of Asia Minor, and identified her with their own mother goddesses Rhea, Gaia, and Demeter. The Romans adopted her worship at the end of the Second Punic War and called her Mater Magna, Great Mother. Her cult became one of the three most important mystery cults in the Roman Empire, along with those of Mithras and Isis. And as Christianity took hold in the Roman world, ritual elements of her cult were incorporated into the burgeoning cult of the Virgin Mary.In Mother of the Gods, Philippe Borgeaud traces the journey of this divine figure through Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome between the sixth century B.C. and the fourth century A.D. He examines how the Mother of the Gods was integrated into specific cultures, what she represented to those who worshiped her, and how she was used as a symbol in art, myth, and even politics. The Mother of the Gods was often seen as a dualistic figure: ancestral and foreign, aristocratic and disreputable, nurturing and dangerous. Borgeaud's challenging and nuanced portrait opens new windows on the ancient world's sophisticated religious beliefs and shifting cultural identities., Worshiped throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the "Mother of the Gods" was known by a variety of names. Among peoples of Asia Minor, where her cult first began, she often shared the names of local mountains. The Greeks commonly called her Cybele, the name given to her by the Phrygians of Asia Minor, and identified her with their own mother goddesses Rhea, Gaia, and Demeter. The Romans adopted her worship at the end of the Second Punic War and called her Mater Magna, Great Mother. Her cult became one of the three most important mystery cults in the Roman Empire, along with those of Mithras and Isis. And as Christianity took hold in the Roman world, ritual elements of her cult were incorporated into the burgeoning cult of the Virgin Mary. In Mother of the Gods , Philippe Borgeaud traces the journey of this divine figure through Asia Minor, Greece, and Rome between the sixth century B.C. and the fourth century A.D. He examines how the Mother of the Gods was integrated into specific cultures, what she represented to those who worshiped her, and how she was used as a symbol in art, myth, and even politics. The Mother of the Gods was often seen as a dualistic figure: ancestral and foreign, aristocratic and disreputable, nurturing and dangerous. Borgeaud's challenging and nuanced portrait opens new windows on the ancient world's sophisticated religious beliefs and shifting cultural identities., Worshiped throughout the ancient Mediterranean world, the 'Mother of the Gods' was known by a variety of names. Among peoples of Asia Minor, where her cult first began, she often shared the names of local mountains. The Greeks commonly called her Cybele, the name given to her by the Phrygians of Asia Minor, and identified her with their own mother ......
LC Classification NumberBL820.C8B6713 2004
