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	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 2005.07.03
		Burkert's understanding of the process of cultural transmission is nuanced, never a simple cause-effect phenomenon, but a complex array of responses "including possible progress by misunderstanding," as well as both positive and negative input by peaceful transfer or invasion or exploitation (5).
		Burkert's Chapter Four, "Orpheus and Egypt," focuses on Graeco-Egyptian religious contacts, which intensify in the 6th century BCE with extensive Greek settlement and mercenary activity in Egypt and are reflected even earlier in the undisputed Egyptian influences on Archaic Greek art and temple architecture..
		Burkert's magisterial introduction (which should be required reading for anyone interested in the topic) traces the two hundred year shift in paradigm: from Classical Greece perceived in isolation as a point of origin to today's intercultural paradigm for Greek historiography.
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	Walter Burkert - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Walter Burkert (born Neuendettelsau (Bavaria), February 2, 1931), the most eminent living scholar of Greek religion and cult, is an emeritus professor of classics at the University of Zurich, Switzerland who has also taught in the United Kingdom and the United States.
		He has influenced generations of students of religion since the 1960s, combining in the modern way, the findings of archaeology and epigraphy with the work of the poets, historians and philosophers.
		Three major academic works (a selection from seventeen books, two hundred essays that include encyclopedia’s contributions and memorabilia), which still are the base of the Hellenic studies, are the follows: Homo Necans (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1983), Greek Religion (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1985) and Ancient Mystery Cults (Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1987).
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	Review of Burkert's Homo Necans (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Burkert, Walter: Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth.
		Burkert is well known for his scholarly works, including Greek Religion, The Creation of the Sacred and Ancient Mystery Cults, which are definitive in the field.
		Hunting is primarily a male activity because it is based on a redirection toward the quarry of the aggression of mating fights among male primates.
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	Harvard University Press/Creation of the Sacred/Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Walter Burkert is Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich.
		That is Burkert's central theme, and his treatment of it is immensely impressive.
		Walter Burkert, in Creation of the Sacred...boldly challenges the nature/culture standoff and brings biological research to bear on religious belief and cult: provocative, compressed and telling.
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		Burkert writes with laudable detachment and frequent flashes of tart humor, but his astringency is not always quite up to the task; he occasionally permits lardy bits from the nonscientific traditions to pass without criticism.
		Burkert is an explorer of vast knowledge and he has the rudiments of a theory.
		Burkert stands in a similar relation to the wealth of scholarship accumulated by historians and anthropologists about the details of religious practices, attitudes and artifacts through the ages.
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	Harvard University Press/Greek Religion/Reviews (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Burkert is. His book is a marvel of professional scholarship...Anyone with an interest in the ancient world can follow the book with pleasure and advantage.
		In this new book by Walter Burkert, professor of Greek at the University of Zurich and possibly the most eminent living student of ancient Greek religion, we are given the opportunity to enter into this strange world [of ancient Greece]...Mr.
		Burkert has told his fascinating story not only with immense learning but in a way that captures the interest and sympathy of the reader.
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	Walter Burkert
		Burkert detected certain recurrent patterns in the actions described in Greek myths, and he related these patterns (and their counterparts in Greek ritual) to basic biologic or cultural programs of action.
		According to this pattern, a girl first leaves home; after a period of seclusion, she is raped by a god; there follows a time of tribulation, during which she is threatened by parents or relatives; eventually, having given birth to a baby boy, the girl is rescued, and the boy's glorious future is assured.
		This pattern, Burkert argues, stems from a real situation that must often have occurred in early human or primate history; a group of men, or a group of apes, when pursued by carnivores, were able to save themselves through the sacrifice of one member of the group.
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	Alibris: Walter Burkert
		In this book Walter Burkert, the most eminent living historian of ancient Greek religion, has produced the standard work for our time on that subject.
		Walter Burkert offers a decisive argument against that distorted view, pointing toward a balanced picture of the archaic period "in which, under the influence of the Semitic East--from...
		Yet as Walter Burkert demonstrates in these influential essays on the history of Greek religion, there were archaic, savage forces surging beneath the outwardly calm face of classical Greece, whose potentially violent and destructive energies, Burkert argues, were...
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	Amazon.com: Greek Religion: Books: Walter Burkert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Chapter titles suggest Burkert's scope and treatment of the multiple facets of Greek religion, focusing upon the period 800-300 B.C.: Prehistory and the Minoan-Mycenaean Age; Ritual and Sanctuary; The Gods; The Dead, Heroes, and Chthonic Gods; Polis and Polytheism; Mysteries and Asceticism; Philosophical Religion.
		Burkert is a thorough scholar, and treats the diverse and complex problem of Greek religion from its Minoan-Mycenaean precursors through the esoteric Mysteries.
		Burkert offers detailed and informative entries on the development of ritual, taboo and the slow evolution of the deities from numinous abstractions to theistic personifications; for example, the entry on how Hermes developed from a pile of rocks to Messenger of The Gods was fascinating.
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	Headline Muse: Ask Hermes - Tracking of Columbine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		And Burkert suggests that at Catal Huyuk, men dressed in leopard skins and swarming a bull and stag are further evidence of the sacrificial killing (Homo Necans 15-6).
		Burkert believes this ritual originated in the hunt, and from there became an integral part of funerals.
		Walter Burkert notes that strength of contrast, in which protagonist and antagonist are opposite in every respect, make mythic tales effective and unforgettable (Structure 18).
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	Walter_burkert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Burkert offers detailed and informative entries on the development of ritual, taboo and the slow evolution of the deities from numinous abstractions to theistic personifications...
		Why we believe : Burkert has assembled the rituals, myths, and outlook of a global retinue of religions to demonstrate the universality of human approaches to the unknown.
		Burkert both enhances the reader's understanding of the practice of sacrifice, and dispels many foolish romantic views of ancient religions...
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	Amazon.com: Ancient mystery cults: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Another reason for Burkert was the inclusion of the family as the basic unit of piety in Christianity.
		Contrary to Burkert, we know from the work of Kerenyi on Eleusis that the taking of drugs (the kykeon) was important (it was taken after a longer period of fasting).
		Walter Burkert is one of the greatest scholars of the twentieth century in the field of ancient Greek religion, and this contribution is an excellent book which, for the most part, lives up to such a standard.
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	Mythography \| Review of the Book Greek Religion
		Burkert analyzes the various aspects of the religion of the ancient Greeks and offers scholarly explanations for the possible origins of many gods and goddesses.
		Burkert also reveals the meaning and function of these legendary gods and heroes in the Classical world.
		There is also an intriguing chapter devoted to 'Ritual and Sanctuary' in which Burkert examines that role that offerings, rituals, and sacrifice played in the ways that the Greeks worshipped their gods.
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	Creation of the Sacred : Tracks of Biology in Early Religions, Harvard University Press, Walter Burkert
		While I found Walter Burkert's book, Creation of the Sacred, very interesting, well written and persuasive, I'm not certain that I entirely agree with some of his concepts.
		Burkert has assembled the rituals, myths, and outlook of a global retinue of religions to demonstrate the universality of human approaches to the unknown.
		In Burkert's Although there are other books on comparative elements in religion, few have drawn the picture so clearly; none have reached into such our distant past in seeking origins of religious practices.
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	Myth and Religion: Greece, Reading List
		Burkert, Walter, Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth (Berkeley 1983).
		Burkert, Walter, Ancient Mystery Cults (Harvard 1987) and George Mylonas, Eleusis and the Eleusinian Mysteries (Princeton 1961).
		Otto, Walter, Dionysus: Myth and Cult (Indiana 1965) and Thomas H. Carpenter and Christopher A. Faraone, eds., Masks of Dionysus (Cornell 1993).
	www.colorado.edu /Classics/clguides/greligion.html (565 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions: Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Walter Burkert has expanded beyond previous approaches by adding biology to the study of religious foundations.
		Burkert lists Richard Dawkins' THE SELFISH GENE as one of its sources, yet Burkert fails...to see the concept of the meme as the explanation for much of religion's universality and persistence.
		Given the pervasiveness of religion demonstrated by Burkert, this is a singular lack.
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		Walter Burkert,Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth, trans.
		Walter Burkert, The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age, trans.
		Walter Burkert, Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual, Berkeley and Los Angeles, University of California Press, 1982, 226 pp.
	www.wbenjamin.org /Pansoph4.html (6196 words)

	Powell's Books - Greek Religion by Walter Burkert (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Burkert draws on archaeological discoveries, insights from other disciplines, and inscriptions in Linear B to reconstruct the practices and beliefs of the Minoan-Mycenaean age.
		Insofar as possible, Burkert lets the evidence — from literature and legend, vase paintings and archaeology —; speak for itself; he elucidates the controversies surrounding its interpretation without glossing over the enigmas that remain.
		Throughout, the notes (updated for the English-language edition) afford a wealth of further references asthe text builds up its coherent picture of what is known of the religion of ancient Greece.
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	Amazon.ca: Books: Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		In concise and inviting fashion, Walter Burkert lays out the essential evidence for this ongoing reinterpretation of Greek culture.
		In particular, he points to the critical role of the development of writing in the ancient Near East, from the achievement of cuneiform in the Bronze Age to the rise of the alphabet after 1000 b.c.
		Burkert details how the Assyrian influences of Phoenician and Anatolian intermediaries, the emerging fascination with Egypt, and the Persian conquests in Ionia make themselves felt in the poetry of Homer and his gods, in the mythic foundations of Greek cults, and in the first steps toward philosophy.
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		Walter Burkert, Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions, Cambridge, MA historian of ancient religion, Walter Burkert, Professor of Classics at the University.
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	ttgapers.com store - Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual - Walter Burkert - Product Details (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		My reaction to Burkert's book on killing as a ritual act, "Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth" (1972, translated 1983), was that Burkert got off on the wrong track on several matters.
		Burkert isn't all that desperately obscure (at least not in the old, oracular, German manner), but sometimes I needed to have some lesser-known variants or obscure sources identified.
		Burkert has covered some of the same material, with much else, in several different contexts: "The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age" (1992) and, most recently, in "Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture" (2004).
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	Ancient Mystery Cults (Carl Newell Jackson Lectures) (Walter Burkert) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		I recommend it to any and all students of Greek religion who are looking to expand their knowledge of the particulars of mystery cults and what they were all about.
		Burkert's methodology, while a great improvement over the "myth and ritual" debates which dominated earlier scholarship, is very much oriented in a psychological viewpoint which sees ancient mystery religion as somehow fundamentally less psychologically satisfying than religions like Christianity ("confessional" religions).
		It is for these reasons that I recommend this book highly to someone who already knows enough to recognize when Burkert is making controversial statements and would not take him at face value.
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	Walter Burkert - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Walter Burkert - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		Walter Burkert, See also, Further reading and External links.
	www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/Walter_Burkert (234 words)

	Bryn Mawr Classical Review 1999.05.06
		Even the most determined enemy of Festschriften might baulk at refusing one to Walter Burkert, for there are few scholars whose work has been more universally admired and applauded.
		While agreeing, with Burkert, Bierl, Goldhill, Henrichs, Seaford, and others that ritual pervades tragedy in ways broadly unacceptable to Lloyd-Jones, she argues forcefully that the connections between mature tragedy and contemporary rituals are a quite different question from the connections between mature tragedy and its ritual beginnings.
		It is worth pointing out that in the case of Medea's children, upon which Blome remarks "she did not have to kill them at an altar" (93), another early tale (Creophylus FGrHist 417 F 3) had the Corinthians killing them precisely on the altar of Hera Akraia; I wonder if the artists knew the story.
	ccat.sas.upenn.edu /bmcr/1999/1999-05-06.html (3283 words)

	Catholic Biblical Quarterly, The: Collected Essays -- Hymnen der Alten Welt im Kulturvergleich edited by Walter Burkert ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Burkert explores in his essay what "hymn" meant in ancient Greece, and this sets the stage for the discussions which follow.
		Burkert struggles with the definition of "hymn" in the first essay.
		The details of its form changed over time, but the essential definition of "hymn" upon which he settles is that of a song which contains or concerns a god or gods.
	www.24hourscholar.com /p/articles/mi_qa3679/is_199507/ai_n8725197 (696 words)

	Greek Religion Review (The Cauldron: A Pagan Forum)
		While I haven't gone in search of translations, and they may be out there, the reader does need to be aware that Burkert draws heavily from non-English sources that may be difficult to locate.
		Burkert's treatment of Hellenic deities, beliefs and cultic practices may be an eye opener for some, but his academic background is solid and his sources are good, scholarly and track quite well with what is known of religious practices/beliefs of the time.
		Burkert brings together a huge amount of information, but does it in such a way that the reader is most likely to want more.
	www.ecauldron.com /bkgr.php (674 words)

	History: Review of New Books: Burkert, Walter: Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture.(Book ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		Burkert, Walter: Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture.(Book Review)
		Burkert, Walter Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press 192 pp., $22.95, ISBN 0-674-01489-8 Publication Date: November 2004
		Walter Burkert, professor emeritus of classics at the University of Zurich, the world-renowned scholar of ancient religions and author of many fundamental studies of the ancient world, has written an outstanding book on the influence of the ancient Near East and Egypt on Greece.
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