The 'Orphic' Gold Tablets and Greek Religion Further along the Path [Paperback]

Examines new methodologies used in the study of these tablets. Includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.The 'Orphic' gold tablets are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This volume examines some of the new methodologies employed in their study and includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.The 'Orphic' gold tablets are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This volume examines some of the new methodologies employed in their study and includes an updated edition and translation of the tablet texts.The 'Orphic' gold tablets, tiny scraps of gold foil found in graves throughout the ancient Greek world, are some of the most fascinating and baffling pieces of evidence for ancient Greek religion. This collection brings together a number of previously published and unpublished studies from scholars around the world, making accessible to a wider audience some of the new methodologies being applied to the study of these tablets. The volume also contains an updated edition of the tablet texts, reflecting the most recent discoveries and accompanied by English translations and critical apparatus. This survey of trends in the scholarship, with an up-to-date bibliography, not only provides an introduction to the serious study of the tablets, but also illuminates their place within scholarship on ancient Greek religion.Acknowledgements; List of contributors; Part I. The Tablet Texts: 1. Who are you? A brief history of the scholarship Radcliffe G. Edmonds III; 2. The 'Orphic' gold tablets - texts and translations, with critical apparatus and tables Radcliffe G. Edmonds III; Part II. Texts and Contexts: 3. Text and ritual: the corpus eschatologicum of the Orphics Fritz Graf; 4. Are the Orphic gold leaves Orphic? Alberto Bernab? and Ana Jim?nez San Cristobal; 5. 'A Child Of Earth Am I And Of Starry Heaven' concerning the anthropology of mls´