Hellenistic Mystery-Religions: Their Basic Ideas and Significance

by Richard Reitzenstein

At the turn of the twentieth century, a group of famed scholars at the University of G?ttingen founded a movement that came to be known as the "History of Religions School." In their approach to Christian origins and early Christian belief about Jesus they emphasized the degree to which Christianity was a product of its time. Christians borrowed and adapted ideas already in wide circulation to craft their claims about Christ.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1481309560
• ISBN13: 9781481309561
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: Baylor University Press
• Length: 588 Pages
• Weight: 1.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"