THE HELLENISTIC MYSTERY RELIGIONS

ACCORDING TO THEIR FUNDAMENTAL IDEAS AND EFFECTS

LECTURE

ORIGINALLY DELIVERED TO THE SCIENTIFIC

ASSOCIATION OF MINISTERS FOR ALSACE-LORRAINE

The Wissenschaftlicher Predigerverein was a scholarly society for Protestant clergy in Alsace-Lorraine, a region that was part of the German Empire at the time of the original 1909 lecture.

ON NOVEMBER 11, 1909

R. REITZENSTEIN

Richard Reitzenstein (1861–1931) was a leading member of the "History of Religions School," a group of scholars who sought to understand Christianity by situating it within its wider Greco-Roman and Oriental cultural context.

SECOND REVISED EDITION

The publisher's device or monogram for B. G. Teubner, featuring the letters "BGT" in a stylized, interlaced design.

PUBLISHED BY B. G. TEUBNER . LEIPZIG . BERLIN 1920