Jonathan Z. Smith argues that the "Dying and Rising God" is generally a misunderstanding of ancient mythologies.
- Type
- Book
- Source
- Jonathan Z. Smith Non-LDS
- Hearsay
- Secondary
- Reference
J. Z. Smith, "Dying and Rising Gods," Encyclopedia of Religion, ed. Mircea Eliade, 16 vols. (New York: Macmillan, 1987), 5:521
- Scribe/Publisher
- MacMillan Publishing Company
- People
- Jonathan Z. Smith
- Audience
- Reading Public
- Transcription
The category of dying and rising gods, once a major topic of scholarly investigation, must be understood to have been largely a misnomer based on imaginative reconstructions and exceedingly late or highly ambiguous texts.
- Source Link
- https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofre04elia/page/520/mode/2up?q=misnomer&view=theater
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