The Idea of the Holy-Text of First English Edition

Reprint of 1923 First English Edition. Otto's most famous work is The Idea of the Holy, published first in German in 1917, and first translated into English in 1923. It is one of the most successful German theological books of the 20th century, has never gone out of print, and is now available in about 20 languages. The book defines the concept of the holy as that which is numinous. Otto explained the numinous as a "non-rational, non-sensory experience or feeling whose primary and immediate object is outside the self".

Author: Rudolf Otto
Publisher: Martino Fine Books
Published: 02/03/2010
Pages: 248
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.81lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.56d
ISBN13: 9781578988617
ISBN10: 1578988616
BISAC Categories:
- Religion | Christian Theology | General
- Religion | Biblical Criticism & Interpretation | General
- Religion | Christianity | General

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