The Pagan World: Ancient Religions Before Christianity

3.6 3.6 out of 5 stars | 8 ratings

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Last update: 05-08-2024


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Gilbert M. Stack
5.0 out of 5 stars Very Informative
Reviewed in the United States on October 14, 2023
This Great Courses text is the best I have yet read for helping the reader to understand how religion functioned and why it mattered in the Ancient World. Most of the text focuses on the Graeco-Roman world, but there are also useful chapters on earlier religious practices. The importance of ancestor worship and the religious significance of legitimate bloodlines was also quite interesting as was the way that religion influenced the ways in which Julius Caesar and Augustus carried out their acquisitions of power. But mostly, Muller's text helps the reader to understand how different the world was in ancient times and why it is difficult for us to think in the ways the ancients did.
Cook
1.0 out of 5 stars False
Reviewed in the United States on September 5, 2023
There is nothing before Christianity as the first story is the first humans Adam and Eve
F.B.H.
5.0 out of 5 stars Loved it!
Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2020
Great book and I'm so glad I got it. It's thorough without being mundane. Some said it's like a lecture, well yes, and there's nothing wrong with that. I've learned so much from this book and am very glad I purchased it.
Alastair J. Hewitt
3.0 out of 5 stars Narration Could be Better
Reviewed in the United States on August 16, 2020
Interesting content, not as carefully timed in narration as a Bill Bryson book, but enjoyable nonetheless.
Anonymous
5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful!
Reviewed in the United States on July 10, 2020
I just loved this series of lectures! The instructor was so good at presenting his material, and I found it captivating from beginning to end. Can't recommend it highly enough!!
Daniel
1.0 out of 5 stars The speakers resume and speech form
Reviewed in the United States on January 28, 2023
Why was the first 20 minutes of this all about the speaker's personal accomplishments? He reminds me of the teacher from Hogwarts that writes the book "magical me". I literally couldn't get past the extremely long bragfest to even get to any content before I had to turn it off. I thought I was being punked. But no it was seriously not a joke.

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