Instructions for the netherworld : the Orphic gold tablets / / by Alberto Bernabé, Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal ; with an iconographical appendix by Ricardo Olmos and illustrations by Sara Olmos ; translated by Michael Chase.
Orphic gold tables are key documents for the knowledge of rites and beliefs of Orphics, an atypical group that configured a highly original creed and that influenced powerfully over other Greek writers and thinkers. The recent discovery of some tablets has forced a noteworthy modification of some po...
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| Superior document: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world, v. 162 |
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| Year of Publication: | 2008 |
| Edition: | 1st ed. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Religions in the Graeco-Roman world ;
v. 162. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (391 p.) |
| Notes: | Description based upon print version of record. |
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Table of Contents:
- Preliminary Materials / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Introduction / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter One. Arrival In The Subterranean World (The Tablets From Hipponion, Entella, Petelia And Pharsalus And The Reduced Versions, L 1–6) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Two. A Ritual For The Dead: The Tablets From Pelinna (L 7AB) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Three. Best Wishes For Accompanying The Soul To The Other World: A Tablet From Thurii (L 8) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Four. Before Persephone: More Tablets From Thurii (L 9–10AB) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Five. A Tablet In Imperial Rome (L 11) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Six. A "Word Search Puzzle" For Deceiving Non-Initiates: The "Great" Tablet From Thurii (L 12) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Seven. Passwords To Accede To The Meadow Of The Blessed And A Prayer To Persephone: The Tablets From Pherai (L 13 And 13a) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Eight. Other Tablets (L 14–16) / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Nine. The Soul’s Final Destiny. Results And Conclusions / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Ten. The Central Question: Are The Gold Leaves Orphic? / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Eleven. Parallels To The Tablets In Other Cultures / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Chapter Twelve. Literary Questions: Characteristics, Models And Archetypes / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Appendix I. Edition Of The Tablets / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Appendix II. Iconographical Notes On The Orphic Tablets. Selection Of Illustrations And Commentaries By Ricardo Olmos. Drawings by Sara Olmos / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Bibliography / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- Index Locorum / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal
- General Index / A. Bernabé and Ana Isabel Jiménez San Cristóbal.