Book

Craft versus Sect: The Problem of Orphics and Pythagoreans

An essay proposing that Orphics and Pythagoreans are better understood as itinerant religious specialists than as members of organized sects.

Author: Walter Burkert
Type: Book
Written: 1982
Edition: 1982
Publisher: Fortress Press (Philadelphia) / SCM Press (London)
Language: English
Tradition: Orphism
Identifiers: ISBN9780334008224

Where to find it

Church History (1984) review of the containing volume: Jewish and Christian Self-Definition, Vol. 3, ed. Meyer & Sanders, Fortress Press 1982
Google Books record: Burkert, 'Craft Versus Sect: The Problem of Orphics and Pythagoreans'