It takes the average reader 4 hours and 38 minutes to read Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World by Jan N. Bremmer
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The ancient Mysteries have long attracted the interest of scholars, an interest that goes back at least to the time of the Reformation. After a period of interest around the turn of the twentieth century, recent decades have seen an important study of Walter Burkert (1987). Yet his thematic approach makes it hard to see how the actual initiation into the Mysteries took place. To do precisely that is the aim of this book. It gives a ‘thick description’ of the major Mysteries, not only of the famous Eleusinian Mysteries, but also those located at the interface of Greece and Anatolia: the...
Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World by Jan N. Bremmer is 274 pages long, and a total of 69,596 words.
This makes it 92% the length of the average book. It also has 85% more words than the average book.
The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 20 minutes to read Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World aloud.
Initiation into the Mysteries of the Ancient World is suitable for students ages 12 and up.
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