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Walter Burkert

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in Neuendettelsau, Germany

February 02, 1931

Died

March 11, 2015

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Walter Burkert was a German scholar of Greek mythology and cult. Professor Emeritus of Classics, University of Zurich, Switzerland, he taught in the UK and the US.

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	Greek Religion by Walter Burkert, John Raffan (Translator) 4.25 avg rating — 734 ratings — published 1977 — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ancient Mystery Cults 3.79 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1987 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Homo Necans: The Anthropology of Ancient Greek Sacrificial Ritual and Myth by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing (Translator) 4.06 avg rating — 172 ratings — published 1972 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions 3.76 avg rating — 146 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Orientalizing Revolution: Near Eastern Influence on Greek Culture in the Early Archaic Age by Walter Burkert, Margaret E. Pinder (Translator) 3.89 avg rating — 111 ratings — published 1984 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	De Homero a los Magos: La tradición oriental en la cultura griega by Walter Burkert, Xavier Riu Camps (Translator) 3.55 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 1999 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Violent Origins: Walter Burkert, René Girard, and Jonathan Z. Smith on Ritual Killing and Cultural Formation by Walter Burkert (editor), René Girard, Jonathan Z. Smith 4.19 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1987 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Structure and History in Greek Mythology and Ritual 3.89 avg rating — 56 ratings — published 1980 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Babylon, Memphis, Persepolis: Eastern Contexts of Greek Culture 3.87 avg rating — 52 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Savage Energies: Lessons of Myth and Ritual in Ancient Greece by Walter Burkert, Peter Bing (Translator) 3.82 avg rating — 33 ratings — published 1990 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“What the myth founds is a double existence between the upper world and the underworld: a dimension of death is introduced into life, and a dimension of life is introduced into death.”
― Walter Burkert, Greek Religion

tags: death, hades, life, mythology, persephone, underworld

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“Culture is not a plant sprouting from its seed in isolation; it is a continuous process of learning guided by curiosity along with practical needs and interests. It grows especially from a willingness to learn from what is 'other', what is strange and foreign.”
― Walter Burkert

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“Culture has been defined as a "realized signifying system," a social system characterized by standard forms of communication.”
― Walter Burkert, Creation of the Sacred: Tracks of Biology in Early Religions

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