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Raffaele Pettazzoni and Herbert Jennings Rose, Correspondence 1927–1958

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Raffaele Pettazzoni (1883–1959), Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Rome and one of the leading historians of religions in the twentieth century, maintained a long correspon...
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  • 08 May 2014
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Raffaele Pettazzoni (1883–1959), Professor of the History of Religions at the University of Rome and one of the leading historians of religions in the twentieth century, maintained a long correspondence with Herbert Jennings Rose (1883–1961), the gifted Canadian scholar who was Professor of Greek at St Andrews and is best known for his work in the field of ancient religion and folklore. These letters, spanning the years 1927 to 1958, bear witness to the close relationship between the two scholars and focus on two of Pettazzoni’s books, both translated by Rose: Essays on the History of Religions (1954) and The All-Knowing God (1956). They also shed light on Pettazzoni’s initiative to the foundation of the journal NVMEN (1954), and reveal Rose’s brilliant personality.
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Price: $278.00
Pages: 504
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill
Series: Numen Book Series
Publication Date: 08 May 2014
ISBN: 9789004266841
Format: Hardcover
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"(...) a detailed analysis of the material present in the letters, which is reproduced in full and has an impressive apparatus of notes that explain and comment on the smallest of details, leaving nothing unexplained (...) This is a veritable book within a book, in which Domenico Accorinti gives ample proof of his erudition and philological diligence."
-Natale Spineto, University of Turin, History of Religions 59, 2020.

"Brill's production is sumptuous and enviable, as well as close to impeccable."
-Graham Anderson, Universíty of Kent, Canterbury, UK. In: Folklore, Vol 126, issue 2, 2015.

"Questo corposo volume, magistralmente curato da Domenico Accorinti, si colloca in una sede prestigiosa ed è caratterizzato da un notevole impianto critico e da un’alta qualità complessiva (...) L’opus magnum di Accorinti ha dunque un valore che va ben al di là della registrazione e edizione di un epistolario – in sé potenzialmente fruibile anche nell’archivio in cui è conservato – e si propone come modello e punto di riferimento di fondamentale rilevanza."
-Alessandro Saggioro, Sapienza Università, Studi e Materiali di Storia delle religioni 84, no 2, 2018.

"In conclusione, si deve essere grati ad A. per questo splendido volume che costituisce uno strumento, ben curato ed attendibile, di indubbia importanza non solo per la storia degli studi, ma più in generale per la storia culturale della prima metà del Novecento. Non ci si può che augurare che altre opere come questa contribuiscano a gettare nuova luce sulla vicenda umana e professionale dei grandi studiosi del passato."
- Renzo Tosi, Università Di Bologna, Eikasmos XXVII, 2016.
Domenico Accorinti (Ph.D. 1992, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa) is an independent researcher and teaches Classics at the Gymnasium Galilei, Pisa. He has published and edited books and articles on late Greek Poetry (especially Nonnus of Panopolis), mythology, and the history of religions.