As on the First Day: Essays in Religious Constants |
Contents
Simeons Ancestors or the Skeleton on the Column | 1 |
The Heritage of the Stylites | 10 |
The Passage of the Sea | 36 |
Dumuzi at the Court of David | 50 |
Josephs Grave under the Tree by the Omphalos at Shechem | 60 |
An Egyptian God at Shechem | 71 |
The Upside Down Tree on the Vatican Hill | 86 |
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Acts of Peter Adonis Africa Amnon Ancient Egyptian archaeological aspect Attis basic Bethlehem Bible biblical Boaz body bones Book of Ruth centre Christ Christian column comedy concept connection convenience corpse cult dead death Demeter Dionysos dismemberment divine Dumuzi Egypt Elbern Eleusis evidence Exodus F. M. Cornford fertility figure fire Frazer funerary Gnostic goddess Golden Bough Greek Hebrew Hierapolis hieros gamos Homeric Hymn ibid iconography Innana Israel JNES 28 Joseph later legend Leiden Letopolis literature London Lucian marriage mother mutilated burials mystery mystery religion myth Mythology nature Negadah original Osiris Paris PETRIE PETRIE's phalloi pillar Pyramid Texts question recognised Red Sea reference religion religious remains rites ritual romance Rome Sacred Tree sacrifice saint Sanctuary Semitic Shearman & Biggs Shechem significance Simeon sparagmos spiritual stele story Stylite symbol Syria tomb tradition upside Vide word Yam Suf