Luther H. Martin

North Korea is a country shrouded in mystery for most people. It brings to mind barbed wire, famine, and Kim Jong Il's nuclear shenanigans. This book touches on some of the negative side to the nation as well, but also focuses on what God...

This study provides a brief introduction to the religious institutions, beliefs and practices of the Graeco-Roman world during the Hellenistic Age (c300 BC-300 AD).Author: Luther H. MartinISBN-10: 019504391XISBN-13: 9780195043914Publisher: Oxford University Press, USALanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/19/1987Pages: 192Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.51lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.50w x 0.52d

This selection of essays by Luther Martin brings together studies from throughout his career--both early as well as more recent--in the various areas of Graeco-Roman religions, including mystery cults, Judaism, Christianity, and Gnosticism. It is hoped that these studies, which represent spatial, communal, and...

This selection of essays by Luther Martin brings together studies from throughout his career--both early as well as more recent--in the various areas of Graeco-Roman religions, including mystery cults, Judaism, Christianity, and Gnosticism. It is hoped that these studies, which represent spatial, communal, and...

Shortly before his death in 1984, Michel Foucault spoke of an idea for a new book on "technologies of the self." He described it as "composed of different papers about the self..., about the role of reading and writing in constituting the self... and...

The Roman cult of Mithras was the most widely-dispersed and densely-distributed cult throughout the expanse of the Roman Empire from the end of the first until the fourth century AD, rivaling the early growth and development of Christianity during the same period. As its...