Secrecy and Concealment : Studies in the History of Mediterranean and Near Eastern Religions

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The volume addresses a neglected subject: secrecy and concealment as a means of creating identity and establishing social interaction. For the first time well known historians of mediterranean religions.

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reveal the practical competence of notions of concealment and describe the fundamental differences between polytheistic and monotheistic systems.