Walter Burkert

Walter Burkert's books

Greek Religion

4.24 avg rating — 699 ratings

Ancient Mystery Cults

3.80 avg rating — 346 ratings

Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth

4.10 avg rating — 152 ratings

Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions

3.71 avg rating — 130 ratings

The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age

3.88 avg rating — 103 ratings

De Homero a los Magos: La tradición oriental en la cultura griega

3.60 avg rating — 75 ratings

Violent Origins: Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation

4.25 avg rating — 52 ratings

Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual

3.92 avg rating — 53 ratings

Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture

3.85 avg rating — 47 ratings

Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece

3.77 avg rating — 30 ratings