Walter Burkert

10 books

Ancient Mystery Cults by Walter Burkert

Ancient Mystery Cults

Walter Burkert

192 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture by Walter Burkert

Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture

Walter Burkert

178 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative slow-paced
Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions (Revised) by Walter Burkert

Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions (Revised)

Walter Burkert

272 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction history religion science informative reflective medium-paced
Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical by Walter Burkert

Greek Religion: Archaic and Classical

Ancient World

Walter Burkert

504 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

Walter Burkert, Peter Bing

360 pages • first pub 1972 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age by Walter Burkert, Margaret E. Pinder

The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age

Walter Burkert, Margaret E. Pinder

225 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

nonfiction history challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing

Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece

Walter Burkert, Peter Bing

152 pages • first pub 1990 (editions)

nonfiction religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual by Walter Burkert

Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual

Walter Burkert

248 pages • first pub 1980 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative medium-paced
Violent Origins by Walter Burkert, René Girard

Violent Origins

Walter Burkert, René Girard

296 pages • first pub 1987 (editions)

nonfiction sociology informative medium-paced
Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism by Walter Burkert
Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism
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Walter Burkert

Lore and Science in Ancient Pythagoreanism

Walter Burkert

544 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction classics history literary philosophy challenging informative medium-paced