Raffaele Pettazzoni and Herbert Jennings Rose, Correspondence 1927-1958 : the Long Friendship between the Author and the Translator of The All-Knowing God. With an Appendix of Documents.

Raffaele Pettazzoni and Herbert Jennings Rose, Correspondence 1927-1958 : the Long Friendship between the Author and the Translator of The All-Knowing God. With an Appendix of Documents.

The correspondence between Raffaele Pettazzoni and Herbert Jennings Rose (1927-1958) sheds light on the behind-the-scenes activity of two great modern scholars and provides an interesting perspective on the history of religions in the first half of the twentieth century.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Accorinti, Domenico
Other Authors: Pettazzoni, Raffaele (Contributor), Rose, H. J (Contributor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Leiden : BRILL, 2014.
©2014
Series:Studies in the history of religions. Texts and sources in the history of religions.
Subjects:
Religion > Philosophy.
RELIGION > Comparative Religion.
RELIGION > Essays.
RELIGION > Reference.
Religion > Philosophy
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Table of Contents:
  • Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Figures; List of Abbreviations; Part One Introduction; 1.1 A Long Friendship and Correspondence; 1.2 The Major Topics of the Correspondence: The All-Knowing God, the Essays on the History of Religions, and Numen; 1.3 The Other Topics of the Correspondence: Between Public and Private; (a) Data on Books and Papers of Both Scholars; (b) Criticisms of Other People's Work and/or Personality; (c) Meetings and Congresses of the IAHR and Other Scholarly Associations; (d) Historical Events; (e) Personal or Family Information.
  • 1.4 A Touch of Humour in a Scholarly Exchange(a) The Portrait of Douglas Young; (b) 'Herr Doktor'; (c) A Supper without Translation; 1.5 Mutual Admiration and Common Interests of the Two Scholars; (a) A Common Good Sense; (b) International Academic Cooperation; (c) Promoting Each Other's Works; 1.6 Editing the Correspondence: Letters and Life Stories; 1.7 Editorial Principles; Part Two Raffaele Pettazzoni and Herbert Jennings Rose, Correspondence 1927-1958; Part Three Appendix: Letters from Various Correspondents (1930-1960); Chronology of the Correspondence; Select Bibliography.

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