Raffaele Pettazzoni and Herbert Jennings Rose, Correspondence 1927-1958: The Long Friendship Between the Author and the Translator of the All-Knowing

approx. 507 pp.
ISBN: 978-90-04-26684-1
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 146, 504 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 236 mm, Gewicht: 930 g

Reihe: Numen Book

Raffaele Pettazzoni (1883–1959), Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Rome and one of the leading historians of religions in the twentieth century, maintained a long correspondence with Herbert Jennings Rose (1883–1961), the gifted Canadian scholar who was Professor of Greek at St Andrews and is best known for his work in the field of ancient religion and folklore. These letters, spanning the years 1927 to 1958, bear witness to the close relationship between the two scholars and focus on two of Pettazzoni’s books, both translated by Rose: Essays on the History of Religions (1954) and The All-Knowing God (1956). They also shed light on Pettazzoni’s initiative to the foundation of the journal NVMEN (1954), and reveal Rose’s brilliant personality.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Accorinti, Domenico

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Geschichte der Religionswissenschaft
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte

Über Autor(innen)

Domenico Accorinti (Ph.D. 1992, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) is an independent researcher and teaches Classics at the Gymnasium Galilei, Pisa. He has published and edited books and articles on late Greek Poetry (especially Nonnus of Panopolis), mythology, and the history of religions.