Secrecy and Concealment

Studies in the History of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Religions

Bibliographic Data

ID23816103
EditorsHans Kippenberg, Guy Stroumsa
Year1995
Publication date1995-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueSecrecy and Concealment (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/9789004378872
OpenAlexW2554406955
ISBN9789004378872
LanguageEN
Citations received14

This volume deals with secrecy and concealment in the history of mediterranean religions as pattern of social interaction. Secrecy is a powerful means in establishing identity and interaction as G. Simmel has demonstrated. Using his approach the scholars of this volume describe and explain the practical meaning of concealment in two different religious systems: in Egyptian and Greek polytheism and in Jewish, Christian, Gnostic and Shi'i monotheisms. This point of view reveals that all these religions shaped social norms concerning public and private aspects of the human self.

Aesthetics · Epistemology · Identity (music) · Judaism · Meaning (existential) · Point (geometry) · Political science · Secrecy · Sociology · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Biblical Studies and Interpretation · Islamic Studies and History · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Social Psychology

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