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Page 193
... later times - she was attended by a band of fanatical devotees called galli , whose orgiastic danc- ing , at the climax of which they castrated themselves in their ecstasy , was notorious . The cult myth of these rites told how Cybele ...
... later times - she was attended by a band of fanatical devotees called galli , whose orgiastic danc- ing , at the climax of which they castrated themselves in their ecstasy , was notorious . The cult myth of these rites told how Cybele ...
Page 936
... later Christian theology . Nonetheless , there are definitely Christian passages in the various versions , and the treatment of Adam in the litera- ture of the Ebionites ( an early Jewish Christian sect ) shows an affinity for the story ...
... later Christian theology . Nonetheless , there are definitely Christian passages in the various versions , and the treatment of Adam in the litera- ture of the Ebionites ( an early Jewish Christian sect ) shows an affinity for the story ...
Page 965
... later than Paul , yet not so much later than Philemon , and its import has been forgotten . Colossians cannot be dated or placed with certainty , but the end of the 1st century or the beginning of the 2nd century has been suggested . In ...
... later than Paul , yet not so much later than Philemon , and its import has been forgotten . Colossians cannot be dated or placed with certainty , but the end of the 1st century or the beginning of the 2nd century has been suggested . In ...
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