The saviour god
Subtitle: comparative studies in the concept of salvation
By: presented to Edwin Oliver James, professor emeritus in the University of London, by colleagues and friends to commemorate his seventy-fifth birthday.
Publisher: Barnes & Noble
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
Subjects: James, E. O. 1886-; Salvation -- Comparative studies.
Notes: "A list of the principal published writings of E. O. James" : p. xiii-xxi. Includes bibliographical references.
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Table of contents: title: Edwin Oliver James, an appreciation, by S. H. Hooke.; title: Isis as saviour goddess, by C. J. Bleeker.; title: The ritual technique of salvation in the ancient Near East, by S. G. F. Brandon.; title: Politeismo e soteriologia, by A. Brelich.; title: Our God and Saviour, by F. F. Bruce.; title: Buddhist saviours, by E. Conze.; title: Some aspects of anthropomorphism, by J. Duchesne-Guillemin.; title: The idea of creation and conceptions of salvation, by H. D. Lewis.; title: An African saviour god, by E. G. Parrinder.; title: The veneration of the Prophet Muḥammad, as reflected in Sindḥi poetry, by A. Schimmel.; title: Remarques sur la sotériologie du Nouveau Testament, by M. Simon.; title: The work of the Buddha and the work of Christ, by N. Smart.; title: Saviour gods in Chinese religion, by D. H. Smith.; title: The Muslim yearning for a saviour; aspects of early ʻAbbāsid Shī'ism, by W. M. Watt.; title: Baptism and enthronement in some Jewish-Christian gnostic documents, by G. Widengren.; title: Salvation in the Mahābhārata, by R. C. Zaehner.