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Volume 4 (1913) contains 22 essays on the history of religion, ranging from Kallone to Chrysostom.In Volume 4 (1913) of this four-volume work, 22 of Useners essays on the history of religion appear in chronological order. They include studies of the god Kallone, flood myths, John Chrysostom, relations between the Roman Senate and the Church, and Keraunos, the King of Macedonia.In Volume 4 (1913) of this four-volume work, 22 of Useners essays on the history of religion appear in chronological order. They include studies of the god Kallone, flood myths, John Chrysostom, relations between the Roman Senate and the Church, and Keraunos, the King of Macedonia.The German scholar Hermann Usener (18341905) made an important contribution to nineteenth-century scholarship in the fields of philology and comparative religion. In order to recreate a picture of the religions of the Greco-Roman world he drew on elements from the fields of ethnology, phenomenology and hermeneutics. This four-volume collection of essays and reviews was published posthumously in 19121914. Volume 4 (1913) contains 22 of Usener's essays on the history of religion, arranged in chronological order. Usener's impressive command of the field is demonstrated in this wide-ranging book, which includes studies of the god Kallone, flood myths, John Chrysostom's understanding of the origins of the divine liturgy, and Keraunos, the King of Macedonia.Vorwort; 1. Kallone; 2. Italische Mythen; 3. Das Verh?ltnis des r?mischen Senats zur Kirche in der Ostgothenzeit; 4. Gielebert de la Porr?e; 5. Weihnachtspredigt des Sophronios; 6. Chronistische Aufzeichnungen ?ber die Jahre 14141420; 7. Pasparios; 8. ?bersehenes; 9. Der Stoff des griechischen Epos; 10. G?ttliche Synonyme; 11. Beil?ufige Bemerkungen; 12. Aus Julian von Halikarnass; 13. Zwillingsbildung; 14. Italische Volksjustiz; 15. Zu den Sintfluthsagen; 16. Divus Alexander; 17. Milch und Honig; 18. Eine Spur des Petrusevangeliums; 19. Heilige Handlung; 20. PsithlC