The labyrinth : further studies in the relation between myth and ritual in the ancient world / edited by S. H. Hooke.

Contributor(s): Hooke, S. H. (Samuel Henry), 1874-1968 | Deedes, C. N | Burrows, Eric | Johnson, Aubrey R | Oesterley, W. O. E. (William Oscar Emil), 1866-1950 | Rankin, Oliver Shaw | James, E. O. (Edwin Oliver), 1888-1972 | Hocart, A. M. (Arthur Maurice), 1884-1939
Publisher: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, [1935].Description: xiv, 288 p. : ill. (incl. plan) plates ; 22 cm.Subject(s): MythOwnership: ANE copy has the bookplate of Percy E. Newberry
Contents:
Contents: The labyrinth, by C. N. Deedes -- Some cosmological patterns in Babylonian religion, by Eric Burrows -- The rôle of the king in the Jerusalem cultus, by A. R. Johnson -- The cult of Sabazios, by W. O. E. Oesterley -- The festival of Hanukkah, by O. S. Rankin -- The myth and ritual pattern in Jewish and Christian apocalyptic, by the editor -- The sources of Christian ritual, by E. O. James -- The life-giving myth, by A. M. Hogart.
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Book Book British Museum Middle East Shelves 1434G (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available ME000000004856
Book Book British Museum Royal Anthropological Institute Open Shelves KFO9 [HOO-] (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available L1494
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"The present volume of essays continues the theme set forth in an earlier series entitled Myth and ritual." -- p. v.

The essays by Burrows, Johnson, Oesterley, Hooke, and Hogart were delivered as lectures at King's college, London, in 1933. cf. p. ix.

Contents: The labyrinth, by C. N. Deedes -- Some cosmological patterns in Babylonian religion, by Eric Burrows -- The rôle of the king in the Jerusalem cultus, by A. R. Johnson -- The cult of Sabazios, by W. O. E. Oesterley -- The festival of Hanukkah, by O. S. Rankin -- The myth and ritual pattern in Jewish and Christian apocalyptic, by the editor -- The sources of Christian ritual, by E. O. James -- The life-giving myth, by A. M. Hogart.

ANE copy has the bookplate of Percy E. Newberry.

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