The origins of the Mithraic mysteries
Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World
- First published:
- 20th century
- Language: English
Of the many riddles left to us by antiquity, none is more intriguing than that of the ancient Roman religion known as the Mithraic mysteries.
Provenance
Why this book is in the catalog
Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Ancient religions, animism, and ritual.
Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary matched “Mithraism” and “Mysteries, Religious”. Retained metadata contains “Mithraism” in the subject metadata and “Mysteries, Religious” in the subject metadata.
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Editions
Open Library reports 3 editions; 1 cataloged here.
| Edition | Date | Publisher | Language | ISBN | Access | Links |
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Cosmology and Salvation in the Ancient World Open Library record | March 28, 1991 | Oxford University Press, USA | English |
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Cataloging notes
- Open Library reports 3 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
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- openlibrary-work:OL4640802W
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