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Walter Burkert (German: [ˈbʊɐ̯kɐt]; 2 February 1931 – 11 March 2015) was a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult. A professor of classics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland, he taught in the UK and the US.
Religion. Classics & Ancient History. In this book Walter Burkert, the most eminent living historian of ancient Greek religion, has produced the standard work for our time on that subject. First published in German in 1977, it has now been translated into English with the assistance of the au...
views on mythology. In myth: Formalist. …the German historian of religion Walter Burkert. Burkert detected certain recurrent patterns in the actions described in Greek myths, and he related these patterns (and their counterparts in Greek ritual) to basic biologic or cultural “programs of action.”.
Harvard University Press, 1985 - History - 493 pages. In this book Walter Burkert, the most eminent living historian of ancient Greek religion, has produced the standard work for our time on...
Walter Burkert is the most eminent of today’s scholars who work in the field of ancient religion. In a series of remarkable books, he has combined originality with a mastery of all the relevant categories of evidence, from Near Eastern archaeology to the Greek philosophical tradition, and he has demonstrated a profound understanding of the ...
Jan 13, 1998 · Walter Burkert, in Creation of the Sacred…boldly challenges the nature/culture standoff and brings biological research to bear on religious belief and cult: provocative, compressed and telling.
1990 Balzan Prize for the Study of the Ancient World (Mediterranean Area) Walter Burkert is the most eminent of today’s scholars who work in the field of ancient religion. In a series of remarkable books, he has combined originality with a mastery of all the relevant categories of evidence, from Near Eastern archaeology to the Greek ...
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